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Panchayat devolution index 2024

February 17 , 2025 3 days 188 0
  • 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.

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