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 …

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

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 …

RIP Panchayati Raj ministry

The new-found `cooperative federalism' will kill the third tier of government in India

Panchayati bonanza

13th Finance Commission puts money in the hands of local governments

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

As told to Parliament (March 30, 2022): India’s coal demand to increase 63% by 2023

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Whither freedom

Post independence, governments expanded squeezing village republics out of existence

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

Streamlining autonomy

Panchayati raj ministry suggests amendments to local governance in north-eastern states

Mining Bill gives people their due

It ensures that mine owners share profit with people

Supreme Court gives go ahead to local polls in Andhra

Elections will be held as per existing reservation quotas

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