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Mankea Gandhi launches an intensive program to train Elected Women Representatives (EWRs) of Panchayati Raj Institutions

Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, the Minister of Women and Child Development, has launched an intensive training program for Elected Women Representatives (EWRs) of Panchayati Raj Institutions and Master Trainers...

November 27, 2017

Telangana government launches a comprehensive land survey for rectification of land records in state

The Telangana government has launched a comprehensive land survey for rectification of land records in the state on September 15, 2017. The survey, first of its kind in...

September 15, 2017

Union Government launches Aarambh app for road maintenance

The Union Government has launched the mobile phone app “Aarambh” to simplify the maintenance management of rural roads. The purpose of the app is to use of Geographic...

July 25, 2017

Municipal Taxes in India

In India municipal corporations or urban local bodies (ULB’s) levy two types of taxes viz. Property tax and Professional tax.  Property tax is an annual amount paid by...

March 30, 2017

Haryana Assembly passes bills for mandatory educational criteria for urban local bodies elections

The Haryana Legislative Assembly has unanimously passed two bills to make minimum educational qualification criteria mandatory for the urban local bodies election (ULBs). These bills are (i) The...

April 2, 2016

Education Qualification Issue in Panchayati Raj Elections in Rajasthan

Rajasthan schools have been in a state of neglect and many successive governments did not pay attention to the dismal state of affairs. In addition the government has...

September 13, 2015

Haryana Government sets minimum qualification for candidates in Panchayati Raj polls

Haryana Assembly has passed Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2015 that seeks to fix matriculation as minimum educational qualification for elections to Panchayati Raj institutions (PRIs). With this...

September 9, 2015

Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana

Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana has been launched by Central Government of India for holistic development and welfare of tribal population of India. The scheme as outlined by the Ministry of...

March 7, 2015

UP Govt unveils State Service Delivery Gateway in Lucknow

Govt of UP unveiled State Service Delivery Gateway in Lucknow. In 1st phase, 26 services of eight departments were included in this scheme. People can now obtain certificates...

August 6, 2012

Broadband connectivity to 250,000 villages by Nov 2013

In order to improve public delivery mechanism in the country, the Indian government will connect 250,000 gram panchayats with broadband within 16 months. The government has also assured...

July 31, 2012

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