Addressing the gathering, the President said that women are playing a leading role in every field--education, administration, judiciary, military, medicine, science, technology, arts and entrepreneurship. Women in rural areas are becoming financially self-reliant through Self-Help Groups.
Addressing the "MGNREGA Bachao" protest in Chikkaballapur, the Chief Minister emphasised that the scheme had earlier guaranteed 100 days of wage employment to rural labourers and supported the operations of Gram Panchayats.
With the five-year tenure of all Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) in Himachal Pradesh ending on Saturday, the state government has notified the appointment of administrators to run Gram Panchayats, Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads.
The Himachal Pradesh government has dissolved elected Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) across the state following the expiry of their tenure and has constituted administrative committees to run Gram Panchayats, Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads until elections are held.
Deputy Chief Minister and KPCC President D K Shivakumar today said that the Congress party has decided to name all the 6000 panchayat offices in Karnataka after Mahatma Gandhi.
"It is all bogus. Nothing is there. What they are telling is politically motivated. They are just trying to defame a Dalit Minister. That's all," Shivakumar told reporters in Bengaluru.
Clarifying the concerns raised by local gram panchayats, Singh said resolutions passed by village panchayats opposing forced acquisition would be respected in letter and spirit. "We are in favour of planned development and satellite townships in the state, but development cannot come at t
The Government of India (GoI) has decided to release funds to strengthen Gram Panchayats and local bodies in Telangana. Over the past decade, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, the GoI has allocated more than ₹11,000 crore to Gram Panchayats and local bodies in the state.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, while presiding over a meeting of senior officers held here last evening, said that Anti-Chitta (adulterated heroin) Gram Sabhas would be organised in all Gram Panchayats of the state on January 21 and 22.
A delegation from the Bada and Faste Gram Panchayats of the Nadaun Assembly constituency on Sunday met the Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.
Stating that the interpretation of recent court orders on Panchayati Raj elections was not correct, Himachal Pradesh Advocate General Anup Kumar Rattan on Friday said that Article 243E of the Constitution and the provisions of the Himachal Pradesh Panchayati Raj Act clearly provide a defi
According to an official release, Baruah said that following the inauguration, BJP Members of Parliament, Ministers, MLAs, state morcha presidents, district presidents, Zilla Parishad members, mayors, municipal chairpersons, and members of anchalik panchayats will simultaneously undertake