Kushinagar (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 23 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will celebrate this Diwali with members of Musahar and Vantangiya communities.

Samba (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday interacted with Panchayat representatives of Palli Panchayat in the Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Samba (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 24 (ANI): Members of local government bodies from Jammu and Kashmir are looking forward to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's message to them during his first major visit to the Union Territory after the abrogation of Article 370.

Chennai Apr 22 PTI Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday announced setting up Village Secretariats for effective implementation of various government schemes at grassroots level and 600 such secretariats would come up this year Making a statement in the state Assembly Stalin said with an objective of ensuring good governance in local bodies village secretariats would be established which would coordinate and integrate several government schemes for effective implementation In Tamil the village secretariats are Grama Seyalagangal and a village secretariat is a Grama Seyalagam The best performing village panchayats would be conferred the Uthamar Gandhi Award from this year and one village panchayat from every district shall get a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh each The Chief Ministers statement was on fresh initiatives in respect of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department considering the National Panchayati Raj Day on April 24 The YSR Congress government in Andhra Pradesh launched the village secretariat Grama Sachivalayam initiative in 2019 This year in 600 village panchayats such village secretariats shall be built he said The various state-run schemes include those under the departments of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Revenue Agriculture and Social Welfare The village secretariats would have a chamber for the village panchayat president a conference hall offices for the village administrative officer village panchayat secretary and each of them would be constructed at an estimated Rs 40 lakh each These shall have all amenities including the internet Though the policies are formulated at the State Secretariat here it is the local bodies that perform the key role of taking the schemes to the people That is why the government is giving importance to local bodies Referring to DMKs back-to-back victories in local civic polls be it rural or urban Stalin said the government would continue to perform to honour ceaselessly the faith reposed by the people on them Further the CM announced an increase of five to ten times in the sitting fee of local representatives The fee is given for participation in official meetings For village panchayat president and village panchayat members the hike shall be five times As regards district panchayat and panchayat union representatives the increase would be ten times he said He said November 1 shall be observed as Local Governance Day to create awareness on government schemes ensure transparency and encourage peoples participation Stalin said the number of meetings annually held by the Gram Sabhas would be increased to 6 from 4 Such meetings were held on Republic Day May Day Independence Day and on Gandhi Jayanthi From now on it shall also be on World Water Day March 22 and on Local Governance Day November 1 The chief minister also announced that new vehicles would be purchased for chairpersons of all Panchayat Union Councils for effective monitoring of state schemes at the local level PTI VGN SA SA

Jammu Apr 19 PTI Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday said the PM will lead Jammu and Kashmir into a new era of development on April 24 by participating in the ground breaking ceremony of launch of Rs 38082 crore industrial development proposals aimed to provide more than four lakh direct-indirect employment opportunities to youth Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Jammu and Kashmir on April 24 on National Panchayati Raj Day to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony of multi-crore industrial projects LG said that Palli panchayat which is epicentre of the PMs program is the countrys first panchayat to become carbon neutral fully powered by solar energy with all its records digitized and saturation of benefits of all schemes of the government of India Lieutenant Governor on behalf of the people of Jammu Kashmir expressed gratitude to Modi and Minister of Rural Development Panchayati Raj Shri Giriraj Singh for choosing JK to celebrate the National Panchayati Raj day While addressing the media persons at the curtain raiser to Prime Ministers visit to panchayat Palli in Samba district the Lt Governor said that the visit is historic and unprecedented where the PM will address the people of JK along with all the Gram Sabhas across the countryOn the occasion of the national panchayati raj day Prime Minister will lead JK into a new era of development Ground breaking ceremony of Rs 38082 crore Industrial Development proposals will be held in the presence of eminent industrialists of the country and abroad he added LG said that more than four lakh direct-indirect employment opportunities would be generated in different sectors To double the power generation capacity in next four years in JK the Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone of 850 MW Ratle Power Project and 540 MW Kwar Hydro project besides the foundation stone for five expressways and the inauguration of the Banihal-Qazigund tunnel the Lt Governor informed LG said that as many as 100 Jan Aushadhi Kendras will also be dedicated to the public and award money will be distributed to all the Panchayats of the country with just one click by the Prime Minister He said that around one lakh people are expected to participate in this mega event PTI AB RCJ

New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): Commemorating the 75th year of India's Independence- Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav and celebrating the iconic week program, Yaumasa Kimura, UNICEF India Representative, and Sunil Kumar, Secretary Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR), signed a visionary Joint Statement of Understanding, reiterating their commitment towards the realization of the rights of youth and children in India.

Guwahati (Assam) [India], March 8 (ANI): To commemorate International Women's Day, Special Gram Sabhas to mainstream gender issues for women and children across the state of Assam were organised on Tuesday.

The condition of villages in the State is now improving rapidlyAbout 34 crore man-days were created in the last financial year under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee SchemeThis state has been a leader in the country by giving employment to about 106 crore laborers last yearOf these 1480 crore man-days have been created by giving employment to 6558 lakh laborers so farAbout 6621 lakh workers of about 3756 lakh job card holder families have created about 15 crore man-days