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Six months in, Harpal was frustrated. "I have built three roads and a community hall!" he shouted at the tea stall. "Why are we tied in the rankings?"

"This trophy," Harpal told the villagers, "is for the roads I built. But the certificate that came with it? That is for the things we couldn't see until we measured them." panchayat development index

But Gangadhar’s faction had mapped the vulnerable households for the PDI survey. They had already identified the high-risk families and moved them to the school building, which Gangadhar had ensured was stocked with dry rations. Six months in, Harpal was frustrated