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Launch of 'Gramoday Se Bharat Uday Campaign' on the occasion of 'Rashtriya Panchayati Raj Diwas'

Chandigarh, 24th April 2016:  The Chandigarh Administration with huge fervor has celebrated the 125th Birth Anniversary of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar with a series of events conducted throughout the city. Every day a short film on the life, contribution and achievements of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar was organized for the people of various villages of Chandigarh.

In the memory of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar the Government of India has proposed to undertake a “Gramoday se Bharat Uday Abhiyan” in all the Gram Panchayats and Gram Sabhas of the country. The objective of the Abhiyan is to encourage Social hormony, promote farmers’ progress, improve livelihoods of the poor and strengthen Panchayati Raj system by educating them about the various initiatives/programmes/schemes undertaken by the Government.


Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi today launched 'Gramoday Se Bharat Uday Campaign' on the occasion of 'Rashtriya Panchayati Raj Diwas' in Jharkhand. The Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi addressed the Panchayati Raj Sammelan addressing around 3,000 Panchayat Representatives from all states of the country. The Prime Minister addressed the gathering, which was  beamed live to all the Gram Sabhas all over the country.
The Chandigarh Administration today organized a Gram shabha in village Daria, for the live telecasting of the speech of Hon’ble Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi.

Sh. Narendra Modi, Expressed his happiness of launching the Panchayat Raj program - Gramoday Se Bharat Uday - from the soil of Jharkhand. Addressing the gathering Sh. Narendra Modi said, “Don’t the villages deserve the same development just as we see in cities? Electricity, roads, water – our villages should have the best of these facilities as well”. He further said, “People Serving in the villages should think that they have an opportunity to do something transformative within their tenure”. Sh. Narendra Modi, motivated the women of the village to serve in the panchayats and show tremendous leadership in bringing all round development in the village.

Sh. Narendra Modi gave awards to States that have devolved maximum powers to Panchayats so far (Cumulative Devolution Index awards), i.e., Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Sikkim. 
Awards were also given to States that have devolved maximum powers to Panchayats in the last three years (Incremental Devolution Index awards) to Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim and Odisha. 
The States that have made greatest progress in aligning their laws to Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas Act 1996, which have been given for the first time, to Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. States that have made maximum efforts to e-enable Panchayats, i.e. Karnataka, Kerala, West Bengal and Assam


In addition to this a new ‘Mandate of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj’ wasreleased along with the ‘Devolution Index Report’ by the Prime Minister on this occasion. 




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