| Voting for Maha Zilla Parishad, Panchayat Samiti polls begin |
| Date :
7 February 2012 |
| Summary: Polling for 1,624 seats in the 27 Zilla Parishads and 3,218 seats of 309 Panchayat Samitis across Maharashtra began this morning in 59,914 polling booths with a total of 20,589 candidates in the fray. |
| http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/north/voting-maha-zilla-parishad-panchayat-samiti-polls-begin-700 |
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| Focus on providing urban amenities in rural India: APJ Kalam |
| Date :
6 February 2012 |
| Summary: Former President A P J Abdul Kalam said in a conference organised by Indian Council of Agricultural Research and International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in New Delhi that India needs to focus on sustainable development of villages by providing urban amenities in rural areas (PURA) in order to become an economically developed nation by 2020, |
| http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/infrastructure/focus-on-providing-urban-amenities-in-rural-india-apj-kalam/articleshow/11778912.cms |
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| Plan panel told to allocate funds directly to block panchayats |
| Date :
5 February 2012 |
| Summary: V Kishore Chandra Deo, Cabinet Minister of Tribal and Panchayati Raj Affairs has recommended to the Planning Commission that to kick start development in the backward region it should directly allocat funds for developmental activities to block Panchayats instead of routing them through district headquarters . |
| http://zeenews.india.com/business/economy/plan-panel-told-to-allocate-funds-directly-to-block-panchayats_38374.html |
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| Panchayat system has ensured development of far-off areas:Govt |
| Date :
5 February 2012 |
| Summary: R S Chib, Minister for Medical Education, J & K, said at a function at Mahessian in Darsopu that implementation of Panchyati Raj Act in Jammu and Kashmir has ensured development of rural and far-off areas and decentralisation of power at grassroots level, |
| http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/panchayat-system-has-ensured-development-of-faroff-areasgovt/959800.html |
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| ‘Best minds are in rural India’ |
| Date :
1 February 2012 |
| Summary: Prof CNR Rao, chairman, scientific advisory council said at a prize distribution ceremony in IISc, Bengaluru, that he would propose setting up of top colleges in all corners of the states for providing free education for deserving students in order to tap the best rural minds. |
| http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_best-minds-are-in-rural-india_1644544 |
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| Child politicians bring change to rural India |
| Date :
1 February 2012 |
| Summary: The Bal Panchayat comprising of elected school children in rural areas encourage children in rural areas to improve their own lives like bringing back children to schools from fields, etc., while at the same time creating a generation of proactive, politically aware young men and women who could be the harbingers os change that they seek. |
| http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/child-politicians-bring-change-to-rural-india-172304 |
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