Deadline for panchayats to reconstitute Biodiversity Management Committees pushed to November 8

Deadline for panchayats to reconstitute Biodiversity Management Committees pushed to November 8

22 Oct 2022  |   05:44am IST Deadline for panchayats to reconstitute Biodiversity Management Committees pushed to November 8 Earlier, the division had directed the (*8*) of village panchayats to represent the BMCs at gram sabhas by October 23, however...
Uttarakhand must revive its Van Panchayats

Uttarakhand must revive its Van Panchayats

Van Panchayats (VP) are autonomous native establishments controlling forests within the state of Uttarakhand. They have been launched in 1921 by the (British) Forest Grievances Committee and introduced into apply after 10 years by means of the Forest Panchayat Act...
Pink panchayats? Women outnumber men in 3 VPs

Pink panchayats? Women outnumber men in 3 VPs

MARGAOEleven-member Benaulim village panchayat, apart from the panchayats of Assolna and Dramapur-Sirlim are amongst the few panchayats in Salcete which can qualify as Pink Panchayats.For, outcomes thrown up by the panchayats in these three panchayats have introduced one startling truth...
Petition on MRF before HC to haunt several village panchayats

Petition on MRF before HC to haunt several village panchayats

16 May 2022  |   06:15am IST Petition on MRF before HC to haunt several village panchayats A bunch of VPs have claimed to have arrange both everlasting or short-term sheds so as to keep away from judiciary’s wrath however...

VPs of two panchayats elected unopposed | Trichy News

Trichy: The vice-presidents to two village panchayats have been elected unopposed within the oblique elections held in Trichy on Friday. Thenur village panchayat ward member S Jeyalakshmi in Marungapuri union and Thumbalam village panchayat ward member K Chithra in Thathaingarpettai...

‘Over 50% van panchayats dysfunctional in Uttarakhand’ | Dehradun News

Dehradun: Uttarakhand, dwelling to the nation’s oldest forest administration system - van panchayats (VPs) - constituted of villagers dwelling close to the forest fringes, has solely 5,500 practical ones out of 11,522. Even although the VPs had been fashioned in...