Mission Antyodaya Survey 2022-23

About the Survey-

• The survey will be conducted among 2,69,253 gram panchayats across the country, all of which have their profiles on E-Gram Swaraj portal. 
• This survey will help us find the last mile gap and fill it to make a robust and flourishing rural economy in all the states.
• First mentioned in the 2018 budget, three such surveys have been done in the past. 
• The last survey was conducted in October 2020, with Kerala topping the charts. However, there was little change in the rural economic profile between 2019 and 2020 surveys. 
• As per the 2020 survey, only 10 out of 31 states and Union Territories improved their score while there was no change in scores of 16 states. There were five states which witnessed a decline in their scores.
• The survey questions have been categorized into five stratums: (i) Panchayat Infrastructure; (ii) Panchayat Services; (iii) Village Infrastructure; (iv) Village Services; and (v) Village Practices.
•  The 21 sectors being covered in the M A Survey are: (i) good governance; (ii) agriculture and land development, fuel and fodder; (iii) animal husbandry; (iv) fisheries; (v) rural housing; (vi) water and environmental sanitation; (vii) roads and communications; (viii) conventional and non-conventional energy; (ix) financial and communication infrastructure; (x) markets and fairs; (xi) the Public Distribution System; (xii) library; (xiii) recreation and sports; (xiv)  education/vocational education; (xv) health, nutrition, maternal and child development and family welfare; (xvi) welfare of weaker sections; (xvii) poverty alleviation programme; (xviii) Khadi, village and cottage industries; (xix) social forestry; and (xx) Small scale industries.