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, …
This paper describes the implications of the land acquisition process in a village in the Gurgaon district of Haryana state in northwestern India. Gurgaon city, the district capital, is emerging as a major industrial hub, its growth made possible by the large-scale acquisition of agricultural lands by the government. The …
A RECENT decision of the Goa government to amend the Panchayat Raj Act, 1993, has been opposed by civil society groups. The Goa Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Bill 2009 empowers the panchayat secretary, a governmentappointed official, to bypass the elected sarpanch and members of the gram sabha while executing government orders. …
The Union Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Ministry and the Rajasthan Government are giving final touches to a mega event to mark the half century of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) at Nagaur, where on October 2, 1959, Jawarharlal Nehru, as Prime Minister inaugurated the three-tier Panchayati Raj System in the …
Mumbai: Campaigns against genetically modified (GM) food are gearing up in India with various social and consumer groups uniting against it. Organisations like Grahak Panchayat and Greenpeace India have recently started mass movements, trying to bring awareness among people about the dangers of GM food. click here The Mumbai unit …
The controversial Goa Panchayat Raj (Amendment Bill) 2009, which has been a nightmare for the State Government, is now forwarded to the Governor Shivinder Singh Sidhu for his stamp of approval. The Bill, now in its last lap of becoming an Act, was passed in the last monsoon session of …
Rural water supply scheme for Andhra has no room for public opinion; price may be hiked later villagers in Andhra Pradesh will soon get their drinking water supply in 20-litre plastic containers. The government has shortlisted five companies that would treat raw water and sell it to villagers. The government …
A bill to create a green tribunal was tabled in the Lok Sabha on July 31. Will it ease the burden of courts like the government claims? Lawyers and activists Sumana Narayanan spoke to believe the bill in its present form will centralize legal recourse to environmental matters Sanjay Parikh, …
GOACAN convenor Roland Martins has stated that the panchayat is a local self-governing authority and the development of the village is required to be planned by the panchayat as per the wishes of the villagers. He was speaking at the citizens awareness drive
This article analyses the working of Joint Forest Management and Community Forest Management in Orissa with a view to understand the incentive and disincentive mechanisms available in these institutions and how these influence the protection of forests and the livelihood of forest dwellers.
Panchayat and Rural Development Minister, Gopal Bhargav met the Union Rural Development Minister, CP Joshi here today and requested the latter to accord early sanction to the Rs 791 crore pending proposals of nine districts under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana. Bhargav also urged the Union Rural Development Minister …
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called for an effective mechanism to oversee various poverty alleviation programmes considering that the government makes a sizable allocation for them every year. Addressing a conference of state ministers of rural development and panchayati raj in the Capital, the Prime Minister said allocations for poverty …
Chief Minister PK Dhumal has urged the Centre to bring crop protection from wild animals under ambit of NREGA as farmers are suffering huge losses on this account. He raised this issue in a meeting with Central Rural Development Minister CP Joshi at a high-level meeting in Delhi today. He …
- 300 NREGA permits lying with forest department Jamua (Giridih), Sept. 3: The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) has reached every village in Giridih. But the question villagers are asking these days is where are their job cards. Giridih has 1.78 lakh job card-holders
It will take Rs 250 crore for the government to effectively plug leakages in payments under its flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) by installing biometric identification devices in around 250,000 panchayats covered under the scheme. The government is exploring a banking correspondent model to deliver cash to workers …
A cooperative of landless women in Gujarat are making a successful living through collective farming. By converting their village into an eco tourism centre, they are conserving and promoting local cultures and cuisine.
Bilaspur: Sixtyfive gram panchayats of the Bilaspur district, which had attained distinction in the Total Sanitation Programme within the target time, were given prizes worth Rs 1.24 crore here yesterday. Forest Minister JP Nadda, who was the chief guest, Deputy Speaker of Vidhan Sabha Rikhi Ram Kaundal, MLA Randhir Sharma …
