New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): Union Panchayati Raj and Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh on Thursday raised concerns over several irregularities flagged by the Central team that visited Odisha to verify and review the status of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin) or PMAYG scheme
New Delhi [India], August 11 (ANI): Union Panchayati Raj Minister and BJP leader Giriraj Singh has said that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar wanted to become the Prime Minister or Vice-President of India.
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was apprised of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) and the University of Reading (UoR), United Kingdom (UK) fo
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 28 (ANI): Former legislators, political leaders, delegations of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) representatives and Press Club Jammu on Wednesday called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhawan here.
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): Parliament has enacted 'The Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996' (PESA) to extend Part IX of the Constitution, with certain modifications and exceptions, to the Fifth Schedule areas of 10 states including Andhra Pradesh
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 6 (ANI): Following the study tour of a delegation of Karnataka MLAs in Leh, another batch of legislators embarked on a trip to Delhi and Gujarat to study the Panchayati Raj system even as the coastal region of the state is facing the flood-like situation.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 2 (ANI): Addressing the newly-elected members of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) on Thursday, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik advised them to consider the village issues as their own and make sincere efforts to resolve them.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 18 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Wednesday chaired a high-level meeting to review the progress in the implementation of rural and urban programs across the state.
Samba (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 24 (ANI): In his first major visit to Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday while addressing Panchayat workers stated that development and democracy are flourishing in the Union Territory afte
Samba (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his first major visit to Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 on Sunday inaugurated and laid the foundation of multiple development initiatives worth Rs 20,000 crore in the Union Territory.
Samba (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday reached Palli village in the Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir to participate in the Panchayati Raj Day event.
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI): On National Panchayati Raj Day, former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Sunday hailed former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi for fulfilling Mahatma Gandhi's dream of strengthening villages by giving the Panchayati Raj system to the country through the landmark th