Subject(s): Rural development, guildlines GPDP, panchayati raj -- Context of gram panchayat development plan : Economic development and social justice, enabling local participatory planning -- Importance of planning at gram panchayat level : Need for comprehensive decentralized planning, GPDP, panchayat- SHG convergence for participatory planning at gram panchayat level -- Steps to be taken by state governments : Policy decision on operationalizing GP level planning, empowered committee at state level, resource envelope and fund flow, coordination arrangements at district and block levels, HR support, incentivizing performance , accountability systems -- Preparation of GPDP by gram panchayats : Formation of a gram panchayat planning facilitation team (GPPFT), enviornment creation, cost-less / low cost activities, focus areas in GPDP, data collection, situation analysis, development of status report (DSR), visioning exercise, prioritization of needs, resources for planning, special gram sabha and involvement of frontline workers of line departments, preparation of draft GPDP, panchayat development seminar, project development/ projectization, approval of GPDP by gram Sabha, convergence of programs and schemes through GPDP, plan implementation -- Importance schemes, sectors and issues for integration in GPDP : Addressing needs with respect to 29 subjects of eleventh schedule through GPDP, fourteenth finance commission grants, convergence with important schemes, DAY-NRLM, NSAP, DDU-GKY, national mission for green India, SBM-G, NFSA, Ayushman Bharat, ICDA, BBBP, SSA, MDMS, SDGs and GPDP, economic development and income enhancement, role of gram panchayats in water conservation, panchayats and forest , environment and climate change, gender responsive GPDP, GPDP and children, malnutrition, social justice, PRI and SHG convergence for GPDP, disaster management and GPDP, youth -- Capacity building framework for GPDP : Objectives of capacity building framework, key stakeholders, institutional support, teams of trainers/ resource persons for capacity building , training and facilitation of GPDP, approach of CB&T fro GPDP, standardized learning material for GPDP, cascading mode of training, training methods, cross learning of panchayat functionaries and exposure visits, convergence of line departments, creating islands of success for GPDP, preparation of IEC materials, monitoring of GPDP CB & T -- Integrated decentralized planning at intermediate and district level : Constitutional provision for district level planning, planning by intermediate panchayats and district panchayats, preparation by district development plan by DPC, benefits of integrated planning at intermediate and district level -- Implementation and monitoring : Coordination committee at district level, coordination arrangements at block level, community based monitoring, social accountability and GPDP -- e- Panchayats and GPDP : GPDP in planplus, panchayat enterprise suite, electronic financial management systems (e-FMS), GIS based GPDP