National Panchayat Directory/Profiler was recommended by Ministry of Panchayati Raj

The Ministry of Panchayati Raj, in its continuous efforts to implement the e-Panchayat concept has advised the States/UTs to prepare a National Panchayat Directory/Profiler. Accordinglly, the following steps have been recommended by the Ministry:

1. Each Panchayat should have a unique code as all applications will string on these unique codes. Therefore, mapping of GPs to census villages and vice versa is critical for implementation of PES. States should complete this work urgently.
2. Although currently, GPs are mapped with Census 2001 codes, it has to migrate to Census 2011 codes, for which suitable software is being developed.
3. The new version of National Panchayat Directory (NPD) can generate notification capturing alteration of GP boundaries and Panchayat codes will be generated automatically by the system. This application should therefore be used as workflow.
4. Since own website gives identity & pride, dynamic web-site for each Panchayat has been created as a part of National Panchayat Portal (NPP). The States instead of re-investing in creating Panchayat web-sites separately, should identify web site administrator and content manager for each Panchayat and conduct training programme for content creation, uploading and management.
5. National Panchayat Profiler needs to be updated periodically as it would facilitate building a detailed socio-economic database for integrated planning and profile of elected representative for training. Basic Statistics for Local Level Development (BSLLD) being collected under MoStatistics scheme, should be uploaded on the Panchayat Profiler.