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, …
Gautam Chakraborty, head of the previous board Malda, July 17: Development work by the zilla parishad here has come to a halt over the past five months and is likely to be delayed for another two, as the previous Congress-led board could not pass the budget earlier this year. "No …
for the first time in Chhattisgarh people have recalled chairpersons of three nagar panchayats for creating obstacles in developmental work and corruption. The State Election Commission declared the previous elections of the chairpersons null and void after people voted for their removal on June 15. The councillors of Gundardehi Panchayat …
The traditional forest dweller has had very few entitlements down centuries. Guardian of the forest, he has been regarded as encroacher by the State. All that is changing now as the Forest Rights Act of 2006 is being implemented across the country since January this year. Down To Earth tracks …
Nidhi Jamwal Six months past the fra implementation deadline, Maharashtra is struggling to understand the Act and its provisions. The central issue in the state revolves around the local body employed to initiate the implementation procedure. The state government is going by gram panchayats and group gram panchayats, and villagers …
Activists of five farmers unions and rural workers staged a dharna in front of the deputy commissioner's office here today. They were demanding redressing of their complaints and starting projects for the rural poor under the NREGA in the district. President of the Rural Workers Association Sant Ram, convener of …
From Jodhpur, Savita Rathi was married into a family in Gopalpura village in Churu district, Rajasthan. She became sarpanch of Gopalpura gram panchayat by winning the 2005 elections, defeating her male rival by 600 votes in the general category. She spoke to Narayani Ganesh on the sidelines of a meeting …
If the results of the recently concluded panchayat elections are anything to go by, the issue of conversion of farmland into industrial plots will continue to make or mar political fortunes in the state in the years to come. Strangely enough, brick kilns are destroying vast quantity of fertile soil …
B Ravichandran | Udhagamandalam BEARHATTY village panchayat near here is eying for the establishment of wind power project in tune with eco-conservation and a move towards generating energy through non-conventional energy sources. Disclosing this to Express, panchayat president, Rajeshwari Devadas, said that the time has come for the village panchayats …
Decentralization is broadly defined as transfer of power to the lower level of government (PRIs). It mainly takes three forms, namely political, administrative and fiscal. The legitimacy of the centralized system of governance is on a decline because of various factors including lower participation by people, lack of accountability, weak …
S. Sundar It will help to halve quantum of waste coming from houses Average quantum of waste generated from each household is around 2.5 kg Each district will have at least one plastic recycle unit MADURAI: A comprehensive solid waste management policy is on the anvil to halve the waste …
The draft report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the working of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was used by many sections of the media to strongly criticise this employment programme. Much of the coverage sensationalised the findings of the report. What did the CAG actually say? Where …
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan reviewed the implementation of announcements regarding Panchayat and Rural Development Department at his residence here today. Out of 680 announcements, 521 have been completely implemented or are nearing completion. Rest of the announcements of continuous nature are under various stages of implementation. Those present at …
Islampur : At least 12 children have died of an unknown fever in villages of two gram panchayats in North Dinajpur over the past four days. The outbreak of the fever has prompted the district health department to send a team of doctors to the affected villages in Rasakhawa and …
