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  Mani Shankar Aiyar pitches Vijayan for next CM in Kerala; Congress cites remark as 'irrelevant'

  India | February 16, 2026 11:26 IST

  During his address, Aiyar hailed Vijayan and suggested that amendments should be made to strengthen Kerala’s position in the Panchayati Raj system. He offered recommendations on how the state could legally secure its leading role in local governance.

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  'Modi's guarantees are not electoral promises': PM Modi addresses Kshetriya Panchayati Raj Parishad

  India | August 07, 2023 11:41 IST

  Haryana: Zila panchayat has immense power to bring major changes in any sector, said PM Modi.

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  Congress behaved like stepmother to villages: PM Modi at Panchayati Raj Day event in MP

  India | April 24, 2023 13:57 IST

  PM Modi claimed that Congress has always distanced itself from the Panchayati Raj system and added it ruined the structure deliberately even though it had been an integral part of the nation for thousands of years.

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  eGramSwaraj announced on Panchayati Raj Day. All you need to know

  Fyi | April 24, 2020 14:10 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced the launch of e-Gram Swaraj and Swamitva yojana while addressing Gram Panchayats through video conferencing. Gram Swaraj aims at working to improve the village economy. A portal for the e-Gram Swaraj has also been launched by the government of India.

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  Self-reliance biggest lesson coronavirus taught us: PM Modi on Panchayati Raj Day | Key takeaways

  India | April 24, 2020 12:48 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday interacted with Sarpanchs (Village heads) from across the nation via video conferencing on the occasion of Panchayati Raj Day. April 24 is marked as National Panchayati Raj Day.

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  PM Modi to interact with village panchayats on Friday

  India | April 22, 2020 21:10 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi shall be addressing various Gram Panchayats across the country on April 24 on the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day, through video-conferencing,  Ministry of Panchayati Raj said today.

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  Over 150 officers of Rajasthan administrative service transferred

  India | October 24, 2019 10:27 IST

  Nishkam Diwakar, additional director of the department of child rights, was shifted to Rajasthan state textbook board as a secretary while Anuprerna Singh Kuntal, joint secretary, animal husbandry department, was transferred to Panchayati Raj department as joint secretary.

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  Government sanctions Rs 7,255.5 crore to strengthen panchayati raj institutions

  India | June 25, 2019 18:06 IST

  The Centre has earmarked Rs 7,255.5 crore under the Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) scheme for undertaking initiatives to strengthen panchayati raj institutions in the country, Panchayati Raj Minister Narendra Singh Tomar

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  UP Budget: Rs 13,778 cr for rural development, panchayati raj

  India | February 12, 2016 20:22 IST

  Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh government has made a provision of Rs 13,778 crore for rural development and panchayati raj in its Budget for 2016-17, presented by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in the state Assembly today.A provision

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  Meghalaya ADCs may get Rs 4,500 crore aid from Centre

  India | April 09, 2015 9:45 IST

  Shillong: Union Minister of State for Panchayati Raj, Nihal Chand, today said that the Centre is contemplating providing financial aid of Rs 4,500 crore to the three autonomous district councils (ADCs) in Meghalaya to strengthen

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  People in no-toilet villages indirectly consuming excreta: Government

  India | January 04, 2015 14:22 IST

  New Delhi: In a village of 1,200 people not having toilets, each inhabitant has to indirectly consume through contaminated food about three grams of each other's faecal matter every day, says a government report.The ‘Elementary

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  Drama at Rahul Gandhi's sarpanch meet in Jammu

  India | November 06, 2013 16:09 IST

  Jammu:  Pitching strongly for empowerment of Panchayati Raj institutions in Jammu and Kashmir, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today promised sarpanches that his party will fight for their rights and build pressure on the state

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  India to be open-defecation free in ten years says Jairam Ramesh

  Politics | June 30, 2012 20:03 IST

  Agartala, Jun 30:  Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh today said India has embarked on a ten-year mission to make India an open-defecation free country.The minister, who held a review meeting with representatives of Northeastern

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  Some changes likely in Panchayat laws after panchayat polls

  India | June 26, 2012 19:22 IST

  Kolkata, Jun 26: After the next Panchayat elections, the West Bengal government is likely to bring some basic changes in the existing Panchayat laws for better functioning of the three-tier panchayat system, Panchayat Minister Subrata