<span style="color: #222222;">Minister of State for Panchayati Raj, Kapil Moreshwar Patil has called for a concerted effort by all stakeholders to realise the goal of sustainable development in gram panchayats.<br />''<br />''He said this while inaugurating a three-day national workshop on " Localisation of Sustainable Development Goals" in Kochi today, November 14<br />'' .<br />''The Minister stressed the need for generating more revenue for the panchayats so that they become financially less dependent.<br />''<br />''He lauded the Kerala government for earmarking a good chunk of its budgetary allocation to the local self-government institutions and added that this should be emulated by other states.<br />''<br />''He observed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's dream is to realise the Gram Swaraj envisioned by Mahatma Gandhi and urged everyone to join hands to achieve that goal.<br />''<br />''Speaking on the occasion, MoS, External Affairs V Muraleedharan pointed out that several schemes of the Union Government are being implemented through local self-government institutions. He observed that the abrogation of Article 370 has contributed considerably to the development of rural areas in Jammu & Kashmir.<br />''<br />''Self Help Groups, voluntary organisations, and officials associated with local self-government institutions from different parts of the country are participating in the three-day meet.</span><br />