The Ministry of Rural Development inaugurated the Mission Antyodaya Survey (MAS) 2022-23 including launching of its portal and mobile application at a function in New Delhi on February 9, 2023.
Key points
- The Mission will ensure effective utilization of resources through convergence of various government schemes with a focused micro plan for sustainable livelihood for each marginalized household.
- The other objectives of the scheme are- conducting an annual survey at the Gram Panchayat level to monitor the progress in the development process in rural areas, Panchayat wise ranking based on the data collected through survey at Gram Panchayat level and making gap report.
- The Gap Report serves as an important input for the Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP).
- Mission Antyodaya Survey 2022-23 Survey will be conducted in all 2,69,253-gram panchayats and equivalent, whose profile has been created on e-Gram Swaraj.
- The Survey-2022 Questionnaire has 183 indicators and 216 data points covering 21 areas.
- The Department of Rural Development has been conducting Mission Antyodaya Survey across all Gram Panchayats in the country since 2017-18 with the purpose of transforming lives and livelihoods of people on measurable outcomes through convergence of various schemes.
- The survey aims to lend support to the process of participatory planning for Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) which will improve service delivery, enhance citizenship, create pace for an alliance of people’s institutions, and groups and improve governance at the local level.
- India is a signatory to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Agenda 2030 under which 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been adopted. SDG is not only an international obligation, but also a means of reorienting the domestic expenditure priorities of all signatory countries.
