Tag: panchayat

People, not leaders will decide panchayat candidates: Abhishek

Abhishek Banerjee urged the people to gherao local and state BJP leaders and ask them to answer why the dues of West Bengal worth more than Rs 1 lakh crore have not been cleared

April 13, 2023

Sports kits to be provided to every panchayat by next year: Yogi

CM Yogi said that youth and women's mangal teams should form the basis of sports activities in their village.

March 21, 2023

No panchayat would lack milk dairy, fisheries society in next 5 years: Amit Shah

Shah said that the PACS have been created to ensure that there remains no 'panchayat' which would lack a dairy or a fishery cooperative society.

February 4, 2023

Haryana to start Panchayat games again: Khattar

The Chief Minister said that the erstwhile Governments did precious little to empower the Panchayats and that the BJP-led Government only has given them power to get development works done on their own.

January 23, 2023

Bengal panchayat anomaly: Five zilla parishads’ expense accounts not in govt records

Newly-appointed Panchayat Affairs and Rural Development Minister, Pradip Majumdar was not available for his comments on this count.

August 24, 2022

Uttarakhand must revive its Van Panchayats

The Chir Pine tree species that is found in Uttarakhand has resin rich needle leaves which are highly inflammable and prone to forest fire.

August 24, 2022

BJP bags 102 out of 130 panchayat seats unopposed in Arunachal Pradesh

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said the people of Arunachal Pradesh have full faith in the leadership of the Chief Minister, who is working tirelessly to fulfill their aspirations.

July 8, 2022

Panchayat pradhan doubles up as domestic help to augment income

Jharna Roy was elected as pradhan of Bijur-1 Panchayat in 2018, which was reserved for women. Jharna still serves as a domestic help in her locality.

June 19, 2022

Places where Panchayat is now embedded in pop culture

Having made a place in the heart of one and all, here are three places where Panchayat has made a name for itself in pop culture.

May 30, 2022

Punjab govt campaign to remove encroachments from Panchayat lands to continue: Dhaliwal

In another announcement, the minister said after 10 June, a campaign would be launched to remove illegal occupants from the commercial Panchayat lands.

May 24, 2022

Punjab govt frees encroachment from 29 acres of panchayat land in Mohali

The officials took the possession of panchayat land in the presence of the Rural Development and Panchayat Minister Kuldeep Dhaliwal, senior officials of the Revenue Department and the Rural Development and Panchayat Department.

April 29, 2022

 There should be no diversion, dilution and deviation of funds meant for local bodies: VP

 Funds, Functions and Functionaries must be devolved to empower rural local bodies for their holistic growth and to achieve national development and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the vice president M Venkaiah Naidu said today in the capital today.

April 11, 2022

First phase of Odisha Panchayat poll begins amid tight security, COVID-19 restrictions

Despite Maoists’ warning for vote boycott, polling has been reported to be going on peacefully in left wing extremism affected pockets of the State with deployment of paramilitary and police forces

February 16, 2022

All eyes on migrant workers ahead of Odisha panchayat polls

The three-tier panchayat elections in Odisha will be held in five phases from February 16 to 24 amid strict adherence to Covid-19 protocols.

February 6, 2022

Odisha Govt. moves to check illicit liquor flow during panchayat polls

Special attention is being given on detection of duplicate, non-duty paid, adulterated, diluted IMFL. Stringent action will be taken against the culprits.

January 31, 2022

Ahead of panchayat polls, Naveen announces Rs 2234 crore industrial projects

With the panchayat polls likely to be held in February, the ruling BJD going all out to script victory has gone overdrive to woo the voters by launching populist schemes for the last three months.

January 11, 2022

Bihar to speedily try murderers of Mukhiyas, other panchayat representatives

The minister said the continuing killings of the elected representatives were indeed worrying and the government was initiating all steps to put a check on it.

January 3, 2022