New scheme approved to empower panchayats
A scheme called gram yojana has been approved to empower panchayats, the elected local bodies that run village affairs in India. The headline gives no further details about what the scheme will do or when it starts.
ContextPanchayats are the three-tier rural government system, strengthened by a 1992 constitutional amendment, and they manage local services like roads and water. Schemes for them are part of a long push to give villages more money and control.
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