‘Forest department is the encroacher’
When V Kishore Chandra Deo became the Union Minister for Panchayati Raj and Tribal Affairs three months ago, both the ministries were in inertia.…
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 …
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’
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
High court notice to Haryana on new criteria for panchayat elections
The court had earlier stayed the decision to make academic qualifications more stringent
Deepening local democracy: What is the legal validity of Jharkhand’s hamlet-level governance units?
Complete reliance on community-based organisations can be ineffective; Gram Sabhas should play central role
Deepening local democracy: Tola sabhas in Jharkhand provide easy access, more accountabilty
These hamlet-level governance units are a replica of Gram Sabha but can be a more effective in many ways, especially for far-off villages.
Bihar’s Panchayati Raj institution members have to declare assets by year-end
The step will help to check and control financial irregularities cases in panchayats in zila parishads, the government says
Rs 60 crore for 250,000 panchayats
The Centre's decision to reduce Panchayati Raj Ministry's budget and transfer its schemes to states has left the ministry bewildered about its …
Evaluating collaborative governance in Panchayat plantation programme in Odisha
Even after more than a year, the survival rate of seedlings in GPs is merely less than 1%
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
Is urbanising rural Odisha sustainable and resilient?
Infrastructure development is necessary and urbanisation is a choice, but not at the cost of sustainability of rural areas
Karnataka civil society to protest against panchayati raj Bill
Opposition says provisions draconian; gives powers to bureaucrats powers to remove panchayat president and members
Left without a vote
Uttar Pradesh government's repeated attempts to bring villages under industrial authorities are against the spirit of the Constitution
Bihar mukhiyas to get smartphones, Internet-savvy assistants to improve work efficiency
Move will cut frequent travel to government offices to get schemes sanctioned and will improve monitoring, says Panchayati Raj minister
Panchayats to spend Rs 1.42 lakh crore on water and sanitation
Spend 60% grant on water and sanitation: 15th Finance Commission recommends to rural local bodies
Rural development schemes up for overhaul
Ministry of panchayati raj plans to develop model panchayats in different states through integrated development
Pitfalls of a uniform food regime
In face of drought and rising food prices, attention shifts to local diet and food diversity
Union budget 2020-21 - explained in 15 charts
Nirmala Sitharaman's budget has little to offer rural India. Allocation to several schemes were slashed below 2019-20 revised estimates&…
A new roadblock
Tribal affairs ministry objects to Maharashtra's Village Forest Rules that violate FRA. Other ministeries pressure it to backtrack
PMO orders huge cuts in social sector spending for 2015-16
Employment guarantee, rural road and sanitation schemes among those likely to be affected
States paid Rs 36.8 cr as interest to panchayats, still don’t transfer funds
Parliamentary standing committee flags off persistent delay in transfer of funds to panchayats but government’s reply have not been convincing
RIP Panchayati Raj ministry
The new-found `cooperative federalism' will kill the third tier of government in India