Punjab, home to nearly 3 crore people, has about 60% of its population residing in rural areas. The state has 13,235 gram panchayats and 153 intermediate panchayats spread across 12,784 villages.

The Department of Rural Development and Panchayats has withdrawn the powers of village pradhans to lease panchayat land in the state. Earlier, the village pradhans were authorised to allot ...

New Delhi: Over two lakh gram panchayats have been made service-ready under a project that aims to provide affordable high-speed internet to rural India, Minister of State for Panchayati Raj SP ...

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said that the state government has decided to give reservations to the backward classes in Panchayats and urban local bodies in Haryana. CM Nayab Singh ...

Congress general secretary and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday said she was proud of the way panchayats functioned in Kerala and she saw first hand how efficiently they worked after ...

Uttar Pradesh plans to set up digital libraries in 22,700 panchayats, enhancing digital literacy and access to educational resources for rural youth. The Uttar Pradesh government has issued a ...

To make villages plastic-free, the Rajasthan government has launched Bartan (Utensil) Banks at the panchayat level ... these sets at a nominal fee of ₹3 per set for family functions, religious ...

Kondapi: The NDA government is committed to maintaining cleanliness in rural areas, and as part of this mission, tractors are being distributed to village panchayats under the Swachh Andhra ...

The Centre has allocated Rs 31.13 crore to Tripura for 589 eligible gram panchayats, along with all block panchayats, district panchayats, and traditional local bodies. A sum of Rs 404.97 crore ...