Panchayati Raj Day: Pandemic and the panchayats

Prime Minister Narendra Modi says: ‘We need to learn more from how villages manage COVID-19 pandemic than from cities’  

Droupadi Murmu to Rekha Devi: Women who rose from Panchayats to Assemblies, Parliament

As India observes three decades of the formalisation of Panchayati Raj Institutions, DTE explores the political journey of a few exceptional …

World Water Week 2023: Consensus among agencies must to provide universal access to potable water

Despite judicial pronouncements and constitutional position, states are reluctant to decentralise water management and drinking water …

Panchayati Raj institutions in Bihar submitted utilisation certificates for only 42% of grants received: CAG

Staff crunch in PRIs in the state impacted the devolution of functions, the audit highlighted

Jammu and Kashmir: District Development Councils trigger fears of dilution of grassroots democracy

Local leaders say it is an attempt to deny a genuine political voice to the people of the region

Karnataka civil society to protest against panchayati raj Bill

Opposition says provisions draconian; gives powers to bureaucrats powers to remove panchayat president and members

The panchayat outrage

It was a vote for self-governance, not self-determination. No panchayat election in the country ever created as much hype as that of Jammu and …