Tag: Panchayats

With the tenure of panchayats in Jammu and Kashmir coming to an end earlier this month, and no announcement on fresh elections, sarpanches of several villages have raised concerns on the “vacuum” that could be created by a lack of local elected leadership that residents find approachable.Calling for panchayat ...

Mehrajuddin Rather, the former sarpanch of Nesbal village of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district, likes to show a video to those he meets for the first time.In the video from 2022, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha praises him for implementing central government schemes in his panchayat. “If such ...

The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday appointed the Block Development Officers (BDOs) from local bureaucracy as administrators of panchayats, in the wake of the end of the term of 28,000 panchs or elected grassroots representatives on January 9. “The term of Halqa Panchayat(s) has expired on 09.01.2024 and the government ...

Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Dec 17: Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra (VBSY), a nationwide campaign aimed at promoting the Government initiatives and public welfare programmes of the Union Government, has been making significant strides across Jammu and Kashmir.As part of the campaign, the Government officials, with the cooperation of the elected ...

Asks for development of panchayat websitesto reflect their progress SRINAGAR, Aug 8: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta today launched the Planning, Development and Monitoring Department dashboard for monitoring the progress of panchayats of J&K under ‘Aspirational Panchayat Development Programme (APDP)’.Those who were present included Commissioner Secretary, RDD; Commissioner ...

File Picture Jammu, May 18: A total of 1.10 lakh farmers participated in the orientation programme under the ‘Kisan Sampark Abhiyan’ during the four rounds of the programme in which more than 1000 panchayats were covered across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.The programme started from April 24 ...

Spending to be a major concern before elections Centre nod to 59,000 houses under PMAY in J&K Sanjeev PargalJAMMU, Mar 23: As Panchayats and Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) including Municipal Corporations, Councils and Committees enter last year of their five-year term, they are likely to get Rs 1550 crore ...

There will be no Lohri celebrations in Dhangri block of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir on January 13 as elected sarpanches of all the 17 village panchayats in the area have decided not to celebrate the festival in the memory of six civilians, including two minors, who were ...

SRINAGAR, JANUARY 06: The active engagement of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) in planning and execution of developmental works and efficient delivery of Public Services is essential to achieve the essence of grass root level democracy and decentralized governance.Government of UT of J&K after successfully establishing three tier Panchayati Raj ...

JAMMU: Three new schemes, Holistic Development of Agriculture & Allied Sectors, Aspirational Towns Development Programme, and Aspirational Panchayat Development Programme were announced by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday. These projects have been approved by the Administrative Council chaired by the Lt Governor.In July this year the UT administration ...