Panchyats to get more powers in Rajasthan

In a bid to empower Panchayati Raj bodies in Rajasthan, the state government has decided to delegate powers to panchayats for discharging activities of five departments of Health, Elementary Education, Agriculture, Women and Child Development and Social Justice and Empowerment by Gandhi Jayanti. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony for Jaipur Center of the National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad, here last evening Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said steps for empowerment of Panchyati Raj bodies were promised by him at the Golden Jubilee of Panchayati Raj in Naguar on October 2 last and the government had worked accordingly.
He added Prof Vyas Committee set up for implementing empowerment of these rural bodies had submitted its report and the state governemnt wished that process for delegating powers for the above five departments was completed by October 2. Union Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister CP Joshi presided over the function.

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