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85/100 Health & Sanitation: 90/100 Social Harmony: 95/100

When Ms. Rao’s team first dropped the PDI template, Harpal Singh was baffled. "It’s a trick," he told the villagers, waving a hand calloused from handling bricks. "They want to distract us. They ask about child mortality and school attendance? What does that have to do with a metalled road? I will build you a road wide enough for two trucks!" panchayat development index

Inspired by the UN’s Human Development Index but localized for the Indian village, the PDI typically measures progress across nine core themes defined by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, including: 85/100 Health & Sanitation: 90/100 Social Harmony: 95/100