Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address Panchayati Raj Sammelan on the Occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand on Sunday.<br/><br/>Around three thousand panchayat representatives from all states of the country will participate in this programme. The Prime Minister will address the gathering, which will be beamed live to all the Gram Sabhas of the country. On the occasion, he will also give away prestigious awards to states like Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Sikkim, which have devolved maximum powers to Panchayats so far. Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, will get awards for having made the maximum progress in aligning their laws to Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas Act 1996. This award is being given for the first time.
News On AIR | April 23, 2016 9:22 AM
PM to address Panchayati Raj Sammelan in Jamshedpur tomorrow