Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed the Capital Region Development Authority commissioner and special officers of gram panchayats to conduct gram sabhas before 12 noon on Friday. A single-judge bench headed by Justice D Ramesh heard petitions filed by the Amaravati farmers challenging the notices issued by special officers of Mandadam and Lingayapalem gram panchayats, seeking objections on …
The Panchayati Raj, first adopted by Nagaur in Rajasthan on October 2, 1959, has expanded vastly. The People’s Plan Campaign and Vibrant Gram Sabha Dashboard, rolled out this year, aspire to strengthen the Panchayati Raj system by making gram sabhas more vibrant. When the traditional top-down disaster response system was compromised during the bad months of the pandemic, it was …
