The report - Status of Devolution to Panchayats in States (2024) – An Indicative Evidence Based Ranking’ - was launched by the Union Minister of State for the Panchayati Raj.
Tamil Nadu has been ranked third at the all-India level under the Panchayat Devolution Index (PDI).
The State has received a score of 68.38 next to Karnataka (72.23) and Kerala (70.59).
Tamil Nadu has the highest score at the national level with 60.24 with regard to the dimension of “functions.”
In Tamil Nadu, there are 12,525 village panchayats, 388 panchayat unions and 37 district panchayats.
For Tamil Nadu, the share of panchayats’ revenue in the State’s Own Revenue was 0.31% during 2021-22.
Three southern States - Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka - had higher share with 2.84%, 2.42% and 0.67% respectively.