Report filed by the Additional Secretary, Local Self Government Department, Kerala in the matter of Tribunal on its own motion Suo Motu based on the report dated 26.06.2023 received from Hon’ble Justice A.V. Ramakrishna Pillai on the Present Status of Waste dump site at Cubaloor in Mangalpady Panchayat, Kasargod District, …
The inquiry report of the Kinnaur administration on the 100 MW Tidong Hydro Power Project has revealed gross violations in construction norms in forest area and blatant damage to environment beyond the limits for which the company, Hyderabad based Niji Vidu Seeds Limited, has taken permission. After the villagers of …
Pune Collector Chandrakant Dalvi has decided to crack the whip on gram panchayats that have not constructed toilet blocks and nearly 600 sarpanchs and panchayat members will be stripped off their posts for not adhering to rules. The move comes as part of the effort to make Pune an open …
Demand stoppage of process till the new Land Acquisition Amendment Bill is passed Greater Noida, December 23 Farmers from Bisrakh, Dankore and Dadri blocks today held a panchayat to discuss the land acquisition process. Before this, on Tuesday, hundreds of farmers had demonstrated outside the Greater Noida Authority office demanding …
Renovation of 500 bawlis and wells in Hamirpur district will be completed by month-end Hamirpur: The district administration has taken an initiative to renovate all traditional waters sources in the district and handover the maintenance job to local panchayats with the help of other government agencies. The basic objective of …
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today called upon the panchayat representatives to create a clean atmosphere in the villages through the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC). Addressing a function organised here today to give away the
The Third Assam State Finance Commission (2006-11) has recommended a drastic increase in the annual configuration of fund flow to the Panchayati Raj (PRI) and Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) during the financial years 2008-11. With the State Government accepting the recommendations, a revolutionary change may take place in the functioning …
JEYPORE: The primary objective of the pani panchayats - to ensure functioning of the irrigation system - has virtually been defeated. Non-delegation of powers to the distributary committee and the core Dhanpur distributary committee by the Upper Kolab Irrigation Department officials has sealed the fate of farmers who dreamt of …
Mendha-Lekha and Marda in Gadchiroli district, which became the first villages under the Forest Rights Act to get community ownership of the forests around them in August, were on Tuesday handed over the Record of Rights by Governor S C Jamir at a function at Gadchiroli. The two tribal villages …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government today decided to upgrade 10,000 km of rural roads in the next three years. A decision to this effect was taken at a highlevel meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the Secretariat here. Roads connecting block headquarters to villages, leading to tourist places, …
A review of implementation of NREGS in West Bengal. Concludes that state’s NREGS programme is abysmally poor, despite the fact that there are committees and councils existing at various levels to monitor and review the programme. NREGA is the only Act in this country that ensures guaranteed employment to the …
The State Government has enhanced the NREGA wage rate from the present Rs 80 to Rs 100 per day with effect from tomorrow. This was announced by Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Chandan Brahma on Tuesday while addressing a press conference here. Brahma said that the step will give a …
The Union Government, especially the Ministry for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj deserve all credit for declaring 2009-2010 the year of the Gram Sabha
The focus of the study is to examine what is happening on the ground in terms of practices and processes, and the role of principal actors in such processes striving to implement such as the Hariyali Guidelines for the effective management of watershed development. More specifically, the study aims at …
Acting on court directives, the Agonda Panchayat has issued CRZ-related demolition orders to 30 structures that have allegedly cropped up after February 1991.
Mumbai: The implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and other forest dwellers (recognition of forest rights) Act, 2006, has been delayed in Maharastra, as the state has cleared only 4,500 cases in a year. "The state has received 2.77 lakh claims under the Act and 4,500 have received final approval since …
MALKANGIRI: Heavy loss of kharif crops has been reported from Podia and Kalimela blocks of the district. The crop cutting report submitted to the State Government recently revealed that there has been 50 to 70 per cent (pc) crop loss in the various non-irrigated lands of Maoist-infested Kalimela and Podia …
Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Gopal Bhargava today said in the Assembly that a total of 1.15 crore job cards have been prepared under the National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme (NERGS) while the number of beneficiaries has been only 40 lakh in the state. Addressing the House during a call …
