Telangana is implementing a unified village development planning framework

The Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Department has issued a government order announcing the Telangana Gram Panchayat Samagra Abhivruddhi Pranalika (GPSAP) Rules 2026. Image is used for representational purposes only. | Photo credit: MOHD ARIF

The Government of Telangana has introduced a comprehensive village development planning framework that integrates various departmental schemes, strengthens accountability and ensures systematic monitoring of development activities at the local level.

The Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Department issued an order (GO No. 42) on 27 October notifying the Telangana Gram Panchayat Samagra Abhivruddhi Pranalika (GPSAP) Rules, 2026, which makes it mandatory for all gram panchayats (GPs) to prepare integrated development plans covering infrastructure, employment, housing, livelihood and welfare.

While comprehensive village planning is already practiced in several states, Telangana’s new framework seeks to bring existing departmental plans and activities under a common planning and monitoring mechanism with clearly defined responsibilities.

Under the new rules, each Gram Panchayat has to prepare an integrated perspective development plan covering three to five years along with an annual action plan. Significantly, the government has stipulated that financial expenditure of 125% of the previous year’s finances and expected finances for the current year should be taken into account while preparing the forward development plan.

Information for the household

The rules also require Panchayat Secretaries to collect and maintain information related to household, housing, landless labourers, vulnerable groups, livestock, property and beneficiaries of government schemes. Information must be computerized and updated monthly through an online portal.

Unlike the existing practice of preparing separate development plans under various schemes, the new framework seeks to integrate the GPDP and the Viksit Gram Panchayat Plan (VGPP), prepared under the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025, with the GPSAP.

The initiative also aims to align village-level planning with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which have been localized into nine themes by the Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj. The GPSAP framework will also form part of the Regional Rural and Agricultural Economy (RARE) component of the Telangana Rising 2047 programme.

Published – 31 Oct 2026 12:46 IST