V B – G R A M G • V I K S I T G R A M PA N C H AYAT P L A N

Making VGPP Work on the Ground

A practical playbook for village-level planning, governance and Gram Sabha presentation under the Draft
VGPP Framework

Gap Assessment Consultation Gram Sabha Approval Convergence Outcome Tracking

Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India | Draft Framework, June 2026

CONTEXT

Why the Village Plan Matters

1 2

Viksit Bharat @2047 VB–G RAM G Act, 2025

National vision for a fully developed India by 100 years of Independence Statutory guarantee of 125 days of unskilled wage employment per rural
— rural infrastructure and livelihoods are core pillars. household per year, delivered through saturation-based planning.

3 4

From wish-list to evidence One plan, many levels

VGPP replaces ad-hoc demand lists with GIS-enabled, data-driven, Gram Panchayat plans roll up into Block, District, State and finally the
participatory planning — every rupee traced to a mapped gap. Viksit Bharat National Rural Infrastructure Stack.

VGPP — Practical Ground-Level Implementation 2

STRUCTURE

The Four Pillars of the Infrastructure Stack

Core Rural
Water Security Rural Livelihood Disaster Mitigation
Infrastructure

107 works 88 works 86 works 37 works

18 work types · 32 repair & 27 work types · 36 repair & 18 work types · 18 repair & 10 work types · 11 repair &
maintenance maintenance maintenance maintenance

Min. 65% spend in over-exploited Roads, schools, GP Bhawan,

Skill centres, storage, SHG assets Shelters, embankments, fire lines
blocks sanitation

Grand total: 318 permissible works (221 new construction, 97 repair & maintenance) across 72 work types

VGPP — Practical Ground-Level Implementation 3

PROCESS

The VGPP Journey — Six Practical Stages

01 02 03 04 05 06

Inventory & Identify & Ground- Vulnerable HH Gram Sabha

Gap Assessment Aggregate & Execute
Familiarise truth Priority Approval

List existing assets on Compare availability vs Sequence individual assets

Draft works with geo-tags; Publicise draft; discuss; GP → Block → District →
Yuktdhara; study drainage, requirement for each of the to
validate through pass resolution; upload on State → National
roads, DEM & satellite 72 work types; compute SC/ST/PMAY-G/FRA/wome
hamlet/ward consultations Yuktdhara Infrastructure Stack
layers GAP/Scope n-headed HHs first

VGPP — Practical Ground-Level Implementation 4

GROUND PRACTICE

Gap Assessment — How a GP Actually Fills the Table

The Yuktdhara portal auto-populates 'Availability' from PM Gati Shakti, India-WRIS & Bhuvan layers. The Panchayat's job is to verify, enter 'Requirement', and
let the portal compute the Gap.

Availability Requirement GAP / Scope

Master Category Work Type
(auto, Yuktdhara) (entered by GP/Block) (auto-computed)

Water Security 18 types Yuktdhara feed Local demand entry = Requirement − Availability

Core Rural Infra. 27 types Yuktdhara feed Local demand entry = Requirement − Availability

Rural Livelihood 18 types Yuktdhara feed Local demand entry = Requirement − Availability

Disaster Mitigation 9 types Yuktdhara feed Local demand entry = Requirement − Availability

Practical tip: Where the gap is large across many categories, prioritise using the water-security expenditure floor (65% over-exploited / 40% semi-critical / 30%
safe blocks) before allocating the remainder to other pillars.

VGPP — Practical Ground-Level Implementation 5

EQUITY IN PLANNING

Whose Land Gets the Individual Asset First

1 Scheduled Castes
On the ground
2 Scheduled Tribes

3 Nomadic / Denotified Tribes

4 Economically Weaker Sections

• Exhaust each category before moving to the
next.
5 Women-headed Households
• Individual works go only on land/homestead
the beneficiary owns.
6 Persons with Disabilities • Small/marginal farmer works need a valid
job card and one willing adult worker.
• Track outcomes: HHs covered, assets
7 Land Reform Beneficiaries created, livelihood gain, service access,
convergence received.
8 PMAY-G Beneficiaries

9 Forest Rights Act Beneficiaries

10 Small / Marginal Farmers (last, with job card)

VGPP — Practical Ground-Level Implementation 6

GOVERNANCE IN PRACTICE

Running the Village-Level Consultation

1
Hamlet / Tola Meetings Facilitator shows the base map & satellite view; residents mark felt needs on a printed geo-tagged map.

2
Ward Sabha Ward member consolidates hamlet inputs; checks for duplication with existing MGNREGA/IWMP/JJM assets.

3
GP-level Technical Review GP Secretary + Junior Engineer verify feasibility using DEM, slope & drainage layers on Yuktdhara.

4
Draft VGPP Publicised Draft displayed at GP office, Anganwadi, and school notice boards in the local language for 7+ days.

5
Gram Sabha Full discussion of proposed works, priorities & expected outcomes; formal resolution passed and signed.

VGPP — Practical Ground-Level Implementation 7

C O M M U N I C AT I O N

How to Present the Plan So People Actually Engage

1 2 3

Lead with the map, not the table Speak outcomes, not work-codes Show the money & the days

Open with a simple annotated village map showing Display estimated person-days of employment
Say 'this recharge pit adds irrigation for 12 acres', not
proposed works as icons — water blue, roads grey, generated and the labour:material ratio (60:40) for
'Work 053 — Construction of Recharge Pit'.
livelihood green, disaster orange. transparency.

4 5 6

Name the beneficiary households Use local language wall art & mikes Close with a signed resolution

End every Gram Sabha with the resolution read aloud,

For individual works, read out beneficiary names by Paint the priority work list at the GP office wall;
signed, photographed and uploaded to Yuktdhara same
priority category so the community can verify eligibility. announce meeting dates via mike 3 days in advance.
day.

VGPP — Practical Ground-Level Implementation 8

INSTITUTIONAL ROLES

Who Does What — From Hamlet to State

Level / Actor Primary Responsibility

Gram Sabha / Ward Sabha Voice local needs; ground-truth proposed works; pass approval resolution

Gram Panchayat (Sarpanch + Secretary) Prepare draft VGPP on Yuktdhara; conduct consultations; publicise & finalise

Junior Engineer / Technical Assistant Verify feasibility via GIS layers, DEM & water budgeting; site boundaries & estimates

Programme Officer (Block) Consolidate GP plans + intermediate panchayat proposals into aggregate Block Plan

District Programme Coordinator Consolidate Block Plans; enforce 60:40 labour-material ratio at district level

State / National level Aggregate into Viksit Bharat National Rural Infrastructure Stack; align with national priorities

VGPP — Practical Ground-Level Implementation 9

TIMING IT RIGHT

A Practical Annual Planning Calendar

Jan–Feb Feb–Mar Mar Mar–Apr Apr Apr–May May onward

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Asset inventory refresh Gap assessment VGPP uploaded; Execution begins;

& data validation on finalised; draft VGPP submitted to Block for outcome indicators
Yuktdhara prepared aggregation tracked quarterly

Hamlet/ward Draft publicised; Gram Block & District

consultations & work Sabha meeting & consolidation; labour-
identification resolution material check

VGPP — Practical Ground-Level Implementation 10

D I G I TA L B A C K B O N E

What Powers Every VGPP — Yuktdhara & Partner Portals

Yuktdhara Planning Portal PM Gati Shakti India-WRIS

Core GIS planning workspace: work identification, Public facility, road network, water body & waste-
Aquifer, groundwater, rainfall, drought & river layers
area treatment, map composition management layers

Bhuvan Geo-MGNREGA / IWMP / PDMC / RKVY Automated Water Budgeting (NIC)

Satellite imagery, LULC, land degradation, geo-tagged GP-level demand-supply gap for surface &
Historic geo-tagged assets to avoid duplication
legacy assets groundwater

VGPP — Practical Ground-Level Implementation 11

BEYOND ASSETS

Outcome-Based Monitoring at Village Level

The framework marks a shift from counting works completed to tracking the change they create. Every GP should maintain a simple quarterly outcome sheet:

Water availability Infrastructure access

Storage added, recharge structures functional, irrigated area increase New/repaired roads, schools, health & sanitation facilities in use

Livelihood enhancement Climate resilience

SHG assets, processing units, storage capacity utilised Shelters, embankments and fire-lines commissioned & tested

Vulnerable HH coverage Convergence achieved

Number of priority-category households reached with individual assets Schemes (PMAY-G, JJM, PMKSY) dovetailed with VGPP works

VGPP — Practical Ground-Level Implementation 12

LESSONS FROM THE FIELD

Common Pitfalls & How to Avoid Them

! Copy-paste from last year's plan Re-run the gap assessment every cycle — asset status and requirement change with completed works.

! Skipping ward-level consultation GP-only planning misses hamlet-specific needs and invites disputes at Gram Sabha.

! Ignoring the labour:material ratio Track 60:40 mix continuously, not just at year-end, to avoid last-minute rejections at district level.

! Individual works without ownership proof Verify land/homestead ownership documents before including individual beneficiary works.

! Delayed upload to Yuktdhara Upload the signed Gram Sabha resolution the same day — late uploads stall Block/District aggregation.

VGPP — Practical Ground-Level Implementation 13

P L A N L O C A L LY. A G G R E G AT E N AT I O N A L LY.

Good VGPPs are built one Gram Sabha at a time

1 Verify data on Yuktdhara before every planning cycle

2 Put vulnerable households first, always with documented eligibility

3 Communicate in maps and outcomes, not work-codes

4 Close the loop — upload, aggregate, monitor, report

Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India • Supported by German Cooperation / GIZ