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Sarpanches to get District Collector's powers to fight against COVID-19: O
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 19 (ANI): In a historic move, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday said that 'sarpanches' in Gram Panchayats will get the powers of District Collectors in their respective jurisdiction to fight COVID-19 pandemic.
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District admins, Gram Panchayats taking proactive steps to check COVID-19:
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI): District administrations and Gram Panchayats all across the country are proactively taking various measures to check the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country's hinterland, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj said on Thursday.
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NIRDPR launches awareness campaign to prevent COVID-19 spread
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Mar 30 (ANI): The National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) on Monday launched awareness initiatives to help Gram Panchayats across India to monitor migrants returning from the cities due to the ongoing coronavirus lockdown.
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COVID-19 : Punjab CM empowers Gram Panchayats to buy medicines, food for p
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has empowered gram panchayats to buy medicines and food for the daily wage laborers and poor people out of the funds at their disposal, informed Public Relations Department, Punjab Government.
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Committee to monitor development of gram panchayats, municipalities: KCR
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Mar 14 (ANI): Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Friday said that a committee has been formed to work for the development of panchayats and municipalities in the state.
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One lakh gram panchayts to be linked through BharatNet: Sitharaman
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Fibre-to-home through BharatNet will link one lakh gram panchayats in the financial year 2020-21, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday while presenting the Union Budget.
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Sterlite bags Rs 1,800 crore T-Fiber project for 3,000 gram panchayats in
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Jan 2 (ANI): Data network solutions provider Sterlite Technologies Ltd (STL) said on Thursday it has been awarded the mandate to create a high-speed rural broadband network from Telangana Fiber Grid Corporation Ltd (T-Fiber).
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Chhattisgarh : Free blankets distributed by state govt to poor
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Dantewada (Chhattisgarh) [India], Dec 12 (ANI): The Chhattisgarh government distributed free blankets to 1,171 poor families of remote Badegadam and Gudse gram panchayats here on Wednesday to help them to fight the winter chill.
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NIRDPR study: Many Gram Panchayats use RO as fashionable infrastructure
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 25 (ANI): A study conducted by National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) on the subject of setting up of Reverse Osmosis (RO) Plants in Rural India revealed that many village bodies had installed such plants without any need and o
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Digital Village Pilot project' covering 700 gram Panchayats, says R S Pras
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is implementing a 'Digital Village Pilot project' covering 700 gram Panchayats or villages with at least one gram Panchayat or village per district per state/union territory, Electronics and IT Minister
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Chhattisgarh govt provides free nutritious food to tribal kids in Naxal-af
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], July 1 (ANI): In an effort to curb the problem of malnutrition, the Chhattisgarh government has started providing food to tribal kids through gram panchayats in the Naxal-affected areas.
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Panchayat bye-elections in Haryana on July 7
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], June 1 (ANI): The bye-elections to 355 vacant seats in the state which included 317 Panches, 31 Sarpanches of Gram Panchayats and seven members of Panchayat Samitis will be held on July 7, said State Election Commissioner Dr Dalip Singh on Saturday.
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