The preparation of a Comprehensive Village Masterplan (CVMP) is an effort on the part of the NIC Bijnor District Unit to follow the dictates of the Seventh National Plan and work towards decentralized planning. The basic unit considered is the gramsabha instead of the village. The CVMP has been prepared on the basis of data collected from each gramsabha in the District through specially designed proforma. CVMP will help in:
- Creation of a unique development plan for each gramsabha.
- Quick retrieval of information to assist in decision making.
- Real grass-root planning.
- Creation of a detailed database for each gramsabha
- Evolution of an effective and scientific system of monitoring various development programmes.
Concrete data on every gramsabha will help in the preparation of an Index of Village Development (IVD) which will be able to rank all gramsabhas of the District in terms of their overall development level using a weighted index. This will in turn pave the way for creation of an index for prioritization of the ten individual development parameters in IVD. For example, if one needs to know the priority of gramsabhas for drinking water, there has to be a system where such a prioritization is feasible. The answer is the index termed the Village Prioritization Index (VPI). The VPI helps in:
- Ranking the development level of gramsabhas in terms of individual parameters
- Developing a scientific database on the basis of which departmental funds and Jawahar Rojgar Yojana (JRY) funds can be allocated
- Abolishing adhocism in the selection of schemes/locations for various development projects.