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The guide sets participatory planning within the three-tier Panchayati Raj system of Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti and Zilla Parishad.
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Participatory planning guide
Gram Gorche Gramer Manush
Gram Gorche Gramer Manush is an AHEAD Initiatives guide to participatory planning through rural local-government institutions. The resource connects planning across Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti and Zilla Parishad levels with neighbourhood participation, Gram Sansad and Gram Sabha processes and community institutions.
Language: Bengali
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It discusses a five-year Panchayat planning framework alongside annual planning for 2025–26.
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It references the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973, the 29 subjects in the Eleventh Schedule and localisation of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals into nine themes for local planning.
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Neighbourhood meetings, Gram Sansad, Gram Sabha, Self-Help Group institutions and VPRP–SHG convergence are part of the planning architecture described in the guide.
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