Panchayat Body Raises Concerns over Proposed Empowerment of District Development Councils

Panchayat Body Raises Concerns over Proposed Empowerment of District Development Councils

AJKPC president Anil Sharma condemned the proposal of the administration and termed it not only against the J&K Panchayati Raj Act but also against the basic principle of decentralisation of power, the basic ingredient of a vibrant democracy The All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC), an umbrella organisation of Panchayati Raj Institutions, on Monday strongly objected to a proposal of the administration that planning of the panchayats and block development councils (BDCs) for the next financial year will shift to the district development councils (DDCs). The term of both…

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