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People's Plan Campaign 2026-27 Begins on 2 October
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Which plans does Gram Sabha write? Sabki Yojana, Sabka Vikas and the GPDP link for GS-II
The 2026-27 People's Plan Campaign starts on 2 October to prepare village development plans.
Why it matters: asked in KPSC 2021; factual, Prelims-type
What you need to know
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The People's Plan Campaign for 2026-27, themed 'Sabki Yojana, Sabka Vikas', begins across India on 2 October.
The annual drive gets citizens and gram sabhas to take part in preparing Gram Panchayat Development Plans.
It is run under the Ministry of Panchayati Raj.
Sources: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
Key facts
Remember these
- People's Plan Campaign 2026-27 begins on 2 October, with the theme 'Sabki Yojana, Sabka Vikas'
- It is an annual drive run under the Ministry of Panchayati Raj
- It gets citizens and gram sabhas to take part in preparing Gram Panchayat Development Plans (GPDP)
- Gram sabha is the village-level body of all registered voters in a Gram Panchayat area
- Article 243G empowers Panchayats to prepare plans for economic development and social justice
Prelims · Mains
How the exam will ask it
Prelims
- The People's Plan Campaign is an annual drive that begins on 2 October across India.
- The campaign aims at participatory preparation of Gram Panchayat Development Plans with citizens and gram sabhas.
- Panchayati Raj is a State subject in the Seventh Schedule, while the Ministry of Panchayati Raj coordinates central schemes and campaigns.
Mains
GS-II Governance: participatory local planning is central to decentralisation under the 73rd Amendment. The campaign mobilises gram sabhas to prepare Gram Panchayat Development Plans under the Ministry of Panchayati Raj. Its impact depends on capacity building, untied funds and genuine gram sabha participation, especially of women and marginalised groups.
PYQ connection
A question UPSC has already asked on this
"Utkarsh 2022", seen in news recently, refers to:
- A roadmap to double farmers' income by 2022
- A medium-term strategy framework of RBI for evolving macro-economic environment in the country
- A Railways project to develop rakes as part of upgradation of its mail/express trains
- NITI Aayog's strategy to build a New India by 2022
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Answer: B
Why this matters: today's issue is directly connected to a concept UPSC has already tested. Read the story with this question in mind.
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Answer before you reveal
The People's Plan Campaign, which begins every year on 2 October, is aimed at preparing:
- Gram Panchayat Development Plans
- annual State budgets
- District Industrial Plans
- National Perspective Plans
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Answer: A — Correct: Gram Panchayat Development Plans — The campaign mobilises citizens and gram sabhas to prepare Gram Panchayat Development Plans. • annual State budgets — wrong: State budgets are prepared by finance departments and are not part of this campaign. • District Industrial Plans — wrong: District Industrial Plans belong to industrial promotion, not the panchayat planning campaign. • National Perspective Plans — wrong: National Perspective Plans are long-term central planning documents, not a village-level exercise.
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