Revised GDP series will have new, real-time data sourcesThe revised GDP series slated for release in 2026 will utilize new data sources like E-Vahan and eGram Swaraj for more accurate data. The M...
27 Dec, 2024, 02.07 PM IST
IIM Ahmedabad to boost Panchayat financial management for zila parishad leadersStarting this month, the first batch of 60 office-holders across zila parishads from Kishtwar to Udayagiri (nearly half of them women) will...
08 Jan, 2024, 10.43 AM IST
Rural Development Ministry launches Mission Antyodaya Survey to shed light on India's rural economyThe survey will be conducted among 2,69,253 gram panchayats across the country, all of which have their profiles on E-Gram Swaraj portal. S...
10 Feb, 2023, 09.01 AM IST
Panchayats to be centres of development, will not face dearth of funds: Yogi AdityanathAddressing a gathering on the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day at Eri Rampura village in Orai tehsil, Adityanath said, "Panchayats w...
24 Apr, 2022, 05.56 PM IST
Gandhi’s dream of ‘gram swaraj’ will be implemented on ground, says J&K LG Manoj SinhaMeanwhile, India’s top medical education regulator, MCI, said that any qualification obtained from medical colleges located in Pakistan-occ...
13 Aug, 2020, 07.57 AM IST
LPG penetration in Northeast to cross 80 per cent by March 2019"We hope to touch the figure of 80 per cent in the LPG penetration in Northeast by the end of 2018-19 fiscal. Initially, we had planned to ...
16 Oct, 2018, 02.03 PM IST
176 IAS probationers to participate in Gram Swaraj Abhiyan phase-2Over 750 officers have already been associated with Gram Swaraj Abhiyan-2 that started June 1 and ends August 15 to saturate the 115 distri...
16 Jun, 2018, 07.41 AM IST
PM Modi seeks governors' help to make sure benefits of central schemes reach peopleThe PM reminded everybody about the key role played by the country's state governors in upholding the federal structure and the constitutio...
04 Jun, 2018, 04.38 PM IST
Indian national not executed in Indonesia: Sushma SwarajMEA Spokesperson had yesterday said that Indian Embassy officials in Jakarta were reaching out to the Indonesian foreign office on the issu...
29 Jul, 2016, 10.53 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi's jibe apart, Karnataka Congress keen on implementing PM Modi's Swachh Bharat initiativeKarnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj Bill 2015, passed by both Houses of the state legislature without discussion last week, emphasises ...
01 Dec, 2015, 11.15 AM IST
Bill giving sweeping powers to village community meetings passed in KarnatakaA landmark bill that defangs legislators and empowers the village community meeting (gram sabha) as the basic unit of local self-governance...
30 Nov, 2015, 03.06 PM IST
Karnataka plans MoS status for zilla panchayat chiefsLike Hegde, Siddaramaiah is facing the dissent of his MLAs, who are unhappy with decentralisation of powers to gram sabhas.
19 Nov, 2015, 11.38 AM IST
Karnataka panchayats may get spending freedom; state to introduce Gram Panchayat Bill“All it requires is setting up of internal processing by the finance department,” said TR Raghunandan, a former joint secretary in the depa...
09 Feb, 2015, 04.16 AM IST
Saansad Aadarsh Gram Yojana: Nitin Gadkari urges MPs to finalise their village under schemeGadkari, however, has reiterated in his letter that MPs would not be allowed to choose their own village or that of their spouse to be deve...
10 Nov, 2014, 04.21 PM IST
Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana: Government to put onus on MPs to develop villagesPM will unveil blueprint of the scheme, called Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, on October 11, the birth anniversary of social activist Jaiprakas...
08 Oct, 2014, 05.10 AM IST
- Rural job scheme in Gandhi's name
NREGA to be named Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
03 Oct, 2009, 05.27 AM IST
- Govt in tie-up with MS launches SWARAJ to manage panchayats
The government on Tuesday launched an integrated software application for managing panchayati raj system in the country.
27 Nov, 2007, 08.30 PM IST