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Pradeep Kumar

01/09/21 12:45 PM IST

Parliamentary outreach programme

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Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla inaugurated a parliamentary outreach programme for the empowerment of Panchayati Raj Institutions in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir at Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Centre, Srinagar.

Details
  • Empowered panchayats will make our democracy stronger and increase confidence of people.
  • Coordinated efforts by democratic institutions at the grassroots level will take development to the last man standing.
  • J&K has the potential and skill in the fields of tourism, handicrafts and agri-products and democratic institutions should work on providing a marketing platform to them at the national and international levels.

Objective
  • Create mass awareness/mass participation.
  • Create self confidence/self respect for the ground level leaders.
Previous Programes
  • The first such Outreach Programme was organized at Dehradun, in the State of Uttarakhand on 08th January, 2021.
  • The second Outreach Programme was organized at Shillong on 26 February, 2021 for the State of Meghalaya and other North Eastern States.
  • The third such programme in the series was recently organized for the grass root level institutions of the Union Territory of Ladakh on 27 August, 2021. 
  • The fourth such programme is scheduled to be organized for the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir on 31 August, 2021 at Srinagar. The theme of the programme is “Parliamentary Outreach Programme for the Empowerment of the Panchayati Raj Institutions”.
Source: The Hindu

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