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 Andhra Pradesh government, quietly and unobtrusively, has achieved something quite remarkable: the conduct of the social audit for the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) using the RTI Act; and therefore sown the seeds for a non-violent revolution in less than two years.
Local self-government in the form of panchayats and municipalities in our country are two grassroots democratic institutions msndated by the Constitution of India. They are neither any agencies of the government nor any sort of departments in the conventional sense within the framework of the government.
Four years after the tsunami, the people of Poompuhar lead a well-settled life. You can see resettled villages of fishing and farming communities with neat rows of houses. There are well laid out roads flanked by neon street lights. The transformation of 10 villages in this panchayat is the handiwork …
The draft Nirmal Gram guidelines by the Department of drinking water supply (DDWS). Details modifications related to the eligibility critieria, application and scrutiny process, usage of incentive, sustainability measures etc. Comments/suggestions on the guidelines can be sent till April 22, 2009. To give a fillip to the Total Sanitation Campaign …
When the tsunami struck the coast of Tamil Nadu four years ago, the village of Poompuhar in Sirkali taluk of Nagapattinam district as one of the worst affected. When the waves withdrew, more than death stalked the coastline. With livelihoods and homes gone, Nagapattinam was a land of the living …
Aruna Raghuram | TNN Ahmedabad: You don't need to read John Gray's bestseller 'Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus' to know that men and women think very differently So, that this has an impact on rural governance shouldn't come as a surprise. Women understand progress better, says Dr …
At a mahapanchayat held in Ronija village, farmers from about 30 villages have served one-week notice to Yamuna Expressway Authority on their seven-point demands. The farmers said if their demands were not met within a week, they would not allow the construction work on Yamuna Expressway to proceed. The mahapanchayat …
Not every village is as fortunate as Saledhana, the village that once saw its women walk distances to fetch water for everyday life, now has 24-hour supply!
The first-ever Lok Adalat on the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in Jharkhand was all hype and no substance THE NATIONAL Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) ensures every rural household 100 days of work in a year; if work is not provided within 15 days of applying for it, …
KOCHI: For many of us, the festival of harvest has faded into oblivion. But a group of youngsters at Malayidamthuruthu, a village near Pukkattupady, has been engaged in an effort to bring back that long forgotten culture. These enterprising youngsters started paddy cultivation three months ago on 12 acres of …
JOB CUTS IN CONSTRUCTION SECTOR HAVE LED TO MORE PEOPLE DEMANDING UNSKILLED WORK UNDER THE PROJECT Gireesh Chandra Prasad NEW DELHI THE government is likely to spend more on creating rural jobs than originally budgeted for in fiscal 2009-10 as layoffs in the construction sector have fuelled rural joblessness, government …
Simmering resentment against major developments in rural Goa-famous for its exotic beaches and idyllic rural countryside-has exploded in protests against allegedly corrupt local administrators.
Change is not something that happens automatically. Our collective effort is what acts as a catalyst in the process of change, said Sharda Devi, President of Samagra Jal Vikas Samiti of Pipra. Earlier, women of this village had to walk 2 to 3 kilometers to collect water, spending most of …
Is the Indian village becoming more inclusive after the introduction of panchayati raj? Professor BS Baviskar and Dr George Mathew of the Institute of Social Sciences, (ISS), New Delhi, embarked on a mission to find out. They got 17 serious researchers to spend a lot of time in villages, interacting …
In order to decentralise the planning process, Article 243ZD of the Constitution of India directs states to constitute District Planning Committees which are responsible for formulating draft district plans by consolidating the plans of the panchayats and municipal bodies. This provision of the Constitution however, does not cover certain parts …
Drawing upon a micro-study of two villages in two non-Left gram panchayats in West Bengal, this paper puts one issue in the foreground, namely, the idea and practice of local politics. Using two counter examples to prove a general point about contemporary West Bengal
DINDIGUL: Relentless effort, adaptable approach, total participation and sharing project cost by the community will help them solve their decade-old drinking water crisis as the Central government has sanctioned Rs.1.01 crore this year to augment drinking facilities and recharge water structures in 18 habitations at 12 panchayats this year under …
The coastal panchayats though generate garbage in large quantities, in fact, on par with cities, none have acquired a site for garbage treatment and disposal. Many of them are still at the stage of obtaining administrative approvals while others have not even progressed beyond sending proposals to the Goa State …
Rejecting the objections raised by farmers and others, the government has gone ahead with the acquisition of a huge track of land at Nuvem for the development of a government village school playground. That the government appears hell bent on acquiring the land became apparent on Sunday when section 6 …
A small village called Thangammalpuram, in Vilathikulam Block, Tutucorin District received a national award recently from the President of India, Pratibha Patil, for attaining full sanitation coverage in households, schools, Angawadis, etc., and for outstanding contribution in the promotion of rural sanitation for the year 2008. The award was received …
