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Karnataka govt set rules for layout approvals on converted land outside planning areasIn a move to streamline urban planning, Karnataka's Gram Panchayat areas have introduced fresh regulations for layout approvals. Developers...
Panchayati Raj Ministry in 2024: Focus on more panchayat buildings, internet connectivityIn 2024, the Panchayati Raj Ministry focused on bridging infrastructure gaps by sanctioning funds for over 4,000 Panchayat Bhawans. Digital...
Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra rules out plans to curtail powers of panchayat presidentsAccording to sources close to the Home Minister, the Panchayat Raj department had proposed certain amendments to the Karnataka Gram Swaraj ...
Karnataka CMO wants repeal of liquor manufacture ban lawThe note from the CMO followed appeals from distillers and brewers in Karnataka, according to which, the ban would disrupt their supply com...
Karnataka announces free Wi-Fi for 2500 gram panchayatsChief Minister Siddaramaiah has set aside Rs. 50 crore for the project through the viability gap funding method in his 2017-18 state budget...
Digital India: Karnataka villagers to get 40 records at 6,019 gram panchayat officesThe project, Bapuji Seva Kendra, launched on Friday by Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Haveri district, will serve 4.2 crore peopl...
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 ...
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...
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.
BJP pamphlets violate section 38, 7 of Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act: CongressUnder the Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, gram panchayat elections are apolitical and no party can use its symbol or urge electors to vote for...
Reverse quota: Karnataka reserves 50% seats for men in panchayatsWhen the state goes to panchayat polls on May 29, there will be a strange affirmative action in place: Half the seats would be reserved for...
Congress in Karnataka makes resistance to Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana scheme poll plankSAGY is set to turn into a weapon in the hands of the Congress in Karnataka, which is going for panchayat polls later this month.
Karnataka government plans compulsory voting in panchayat pollsKarnataka Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Bill 2015, under discussion in the state assembly, has made voting mandatory for all three tiers of pan...
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...
Karnataka move to empower villagers to recall representatives failsThe state government had earlier planned to introduce a bill in the assembly seeking changes in the existing act for local body elections.
Karnataka government drafting right to recall bill for rural votersRahul Chimanbhai Mehta, who made the right to recall his plank while contesting in Gandhinagar, said even the Karnataka draft bill was inad...
- Microsoft may aid panchayat e-governance
The government hopes to rope in Microsoft to equip panchayats to come on the e-governance platform, according to minister for panchayati ra...