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 Union budget 2007-08 will very likely slash development funds for the most backward regions of India by more than 48 per cent, say sources at the Union ministry of Panchayati Raj. Government is expected to further slash budgetary support to development schemes to adhere to the Fiscal Responsibility and …
maoists in Orissa may contest the forthcoming panchayat elections by proxy in the strongholds of Malkangiri and Gajpati districts. The elections will stretch from February to March. There are reports that hectic preparations are on in Poplur, Elkanur and Tekguda in Malkangiri district, bordering Andhra Pradesh. The Maoists are convening …
The panchayats suffer from a collective failure because governments treat them like an implementing arm or a line department, without the powers of one. This tier of government is seen as a way that the country can down-size bureaucracy and hand over work to this elected group of people. It …
For mani shankar aiyar, Union minister of Panchayati Raj, the biggest obstacle with decentralisation is not a lack of political will but not getting the design right. Excerpts from an interview to richard mahapatra and sandip das On being India's first minister of Panchayati Raj Being the first minister of …
There is a great push to make panchayats the fulcrum of rural development in India. But 16 years after the third tier of government was created, it has not got its due. RAMESH Singh Yadav is much sought after. Especially among creditors and moneylenders, to whom he owes a total …
seed companies testing genetically modified (gm) crops will now have to seek permission from village panchayats and state agriculture universities before carrying out field trials. Responding to allegations of biosafety violations (and raids on gm trial plots across the country), the Genetically Engineering Approval Committee (geac) has passed an order …
ON December 23, 2006, more than 200 people gathered in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, to protest the government's inaction regarding crop depredation by wildlife, especially monkeys, in the state. Simultaneously, 48 such meetings were held in the state, in which about 9,000 farmers participated. The Himachal Gyan Vigyan Samiti (hgvs), a …
THE National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (nrega) promised to provide livelihoods in villages by providing a minimum of 100 days of employment to every household. It was envisaged that this would be done by initiating projects that would ensure long-term security by creating productive assets. That's not exactly how things …
The Union government is about to substantially cut down the number of poverty alleviation programmes it runs. Known as the centrally-sponsored schemes (csss), these projects have long been criticised for being out-of-sync with local governments. So, a high powered committee constituted by the Planning Commission has recommended that panchayati raj …
the cabinet gave its nod to the amendments in the Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Bill 2005 on December 7, 2006. It has decided to go along with the recommendations of the joint parliamentary committee (jpc) on some important clauses of the bill. It includes the cut-off date for …
the Andhra Pradesh government unveiled a new sand policy to protect riverbeds, waterbodies and groundwater on November 14, 2006. It says this is to control the powerful lobby of sand contractors and builders. The policy allows only manual labour and bullocks to mine sand in riverbeds. Bullock carts, mules and …
India is endowed with annual average rainfall of nearly 1,200 mm but a very small proportion of it is managed effectively. The various estimates on potential for rainwater harvesting suggest vast opportunities for mitigating the shortages. However, the socio-administrative measures in vogue do not encourage participation by the beneficiaries. There …
function table() { var popurl="image/20060930/43-table.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=575,height=500,scrollbars=yes") } It's been six months since the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (nrega) was launched. And now, the government and civil society organisations are at loggerheads over the "success' of the act. While government claims that nrega has achieved a success rate of over …
Medicinal and aromatic plants are critical to Himachal Pradesh's rural economy. Twenty four of the 100 most important medicinal plant species traded in the country are found in the state. The state exports some 2,500 tonnes of medicinal plants and their parts. The legal annual trade in medicinal plants in …
not satisfied with state governments' efforts at encouraging private investment in public-private partnership projects in the infrastructure sector, the Union ministry of finance (m o f) has asked all states to create separate provisions to attract private investments. According to ministry sources, each state is expected to invest Rs 2,000 …
the Union ministry for panchayati raj (mopr) has identified 846 products for which the business community can now have a partnership with panchayat s for establishing rural business hubs, panchayati raj minister Mani Shankar Aiyer said in a recent statement. Launched in 2004, the scheme aims to upgrade and encourage …
The paper aims to trace out if the role that panchayati raj institutions play towards decentralised management system over large irrigation systems in the state of West Bengal. The study highlights that the devolution of legal power to the panchayat fall short of control over canal irrigation systems of the …
This report highlights the importance of social protection in the struggle against global poverty. Social protection aims to enhance the capacity of poor and vulnerable persons to manage economic and social risks, such as unemployment, sickness, disability and old age.
