The Ministry of Panchayati Raj will organise a two-day National Workshop on the Preparation of Panchayat Development Plans from tomorrow in New Delhi. The two-day workshop is aimed at strengthening data-driven, participatory planning at the grassroots level. The Ministry said that the workshop will ensure that the Panchayat Development Plans for the year 2026-27 are aligned with the Sixteenth Finance Commission conditionalities and deliver measurable outcomes for rural communities.

The workshop will be inaugurated in the presence of the Secretary in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Vivek Bharadwaj and other officials. The Ministry also informed that the workshop will bring together senior government officials along with representatives of States and Union Territories and key Panchayati Raj stakeholders. It added that the 2-day workshop will feature technical sessions and hands-on group exercises wherein State and UT teams will prepare model plans on the revamped portal across ten thematic areas including spanning livelihoods, health, child-friendly governance and others.