Explanation:

• The Ministry of Panchayati Raj organizes the People’s Plan Campaign (PPC) every year (Sabki Yojana Sabka Vikas) from 2nd October to 31st December. o PPC–2022 was launched on 2nd October 2022 to prepare District/Block/Gram Panchayat Development Plans for the year 2023–2024. o The Ministry of Panchayati Raj has evolved a thematic approach aggregating 17 Sustainable goals into 9 broad themes of Localised Sustainable Development Goals (LSDGs) at the grassroots level. In this PPC 2022, Panchayats will prepare Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) on these 9 themes by adopting Whole-of- Government and Whole-of-Society approach. • The 73rd Constitutional Amendment created a formal three-tier structure of decentralized local governance for rural India. Article 243G of the Indian Constitution mandates economic development and social justice through an inclusive, community-driven, and holistic planning process of the panchayat system (GPDP), thereby evolving into institutions of local self-governance. • Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) facilitates decentralized planning by the community members of the village. • The Gram Panchayats have been mandated for the preparation of the Panchayat Development Plan (PDP) for economic development and social justice by utilizing the resources available to them. Hence option (d) is the correct answer. o The PDP planning process has to be comprehensive and based on a participatory process that involves the full convergence with schemes of all related Central Ministries/Line Departments related to 29 subjects enlisted in the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution. • Successive Finance Commissions have recommended large distribution of funds to Gram Panchayats. So, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj has made the preparation of GPDP a mandatory activity by Gram Panchayats (GPs).