Introduction of Participatory Rural Appraisal

 Planning for Village Development: A Simplified Guide

Introduction:

The initial process of planning development in any given village is to conduct basic research of the village to obtain information. They help in the planning of how to provide for these to cover the gaps that analysis of this data will reveal.**Sources of Data:

1. Gram Panchayat Office:- Gram Panchayat is the directly elected rural local self-governing body in the country which is involved in the planning and development of villages and maintains all type of records like population records, household records and records of infrastructural facilities etc. It is an important office of data and you should arrange yourself with the checklist of the information you want to get.

.2. Block Development Office:- The Block Development Office, shortly, the BDO, monitors a number of Gram Panchayats and supervises development schemes. From the BDO, one can get information on several programs or activities at the grassroots level particularly in the villages.

3. Government Web Portals:- Websites like egramswaraj. gov. in and missionantyodaya. nic. provides updated data up to the Gram Panchayats level across the country. The above-mentioned portals offer accurate information that makes them ideal to start with when planning.

4. Household Surveys:- Sometimes they also use the technique of going round the different households to get first hand information from the villagers. This method of planning takes a lot of time unlike the other ones but it gives specific information that is relevant to your planning.

5. Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA):- PRA as an anthropological technique of data collection entails direct work with the commoners from a particular village. It sends you to be engaging with the community, learn from it, and incorporate them as part of the planning process. Besides collecting data it plays a role in identifying the actual realities and concerns of the village.

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