State Minister for Higher Education and Cooperatives Dhan Singh Rawat has said that village Panchayats are needed to be strengthened so that they become self reliant.
He was speaking as a chief guest during a one day workshop of district and block level officers of Panchayati raj, rural development and planning department at ITDA auditorium here on Thursday. Appreciating the organisers of the workshop, the minister said that it would help in offering ground level solutions for the issues of the villagers. He opined that similar workshops should be held at the level of blocks.
The minister also distributed laptops to the District Project Managers (DPMs) on the occasion for smoothening the process of online applications of Panchayats. The additional secretary and director Panchayati Raj department, H C Semwal elaborated in the objectives of the workshop. He described about the Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP), mission Antyodaya survey, Ease of Living (EOL) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) on the occasion.
The additional secretary planning, Yogendra Yadav and Chief Development Officer (CDO), G S Rawat also expressed their views on the occasion. The CEO of Planning department, Manoj Kumar Pant held an elaborate discussion on the sustainable development goals.
Entrepreneurship development expert, Nitesh Kaushik explained about the livelihood and entrepreneurship in detail. The former joint director, Panchayati raj department, D P Devradi elaborated on finer points of the Gram Panchayat Development Plan. The workshop was coordinated by Kanchan Negi.
