Subject(s): Need for gender sensitive indicators for governance -- Review of literature on Indices : Social indicators, composite indicators, governance indicators, gender sensitive indicators, arriving at gender sensitive indicators for governance, some gender based indicators t global level, regional level gender indices, some examples of sub national composite indices in India, gender vulnerability index, district development and diversity index report- DDDi, gram panchayat human development index, other indices at sub national level, review of sub national indices -- Background of proposed matrix : Indicators, preliminary framework of GRG matrix -- Pilot testing : Findings of pilot, human resource gap, enabling facilities for women employees, district level comparison of outcomes indicators, analysis of gram panchayats and gender gaps -- Observations of Matrix for GRG -- Proposed indicators for final GRG matrix : Gender gaps at district level and block level officers, panchayat level gender gaps in process and outcome data, participation in governance- Gram sabha and panchayat, education, health and nutrition, asset ownership and livelihoods, safety and security of women -- gender & development