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Topic: Panchayat

Economic Survey advocates for reviving ‘village commons’. Here’s what it means

Such resources remain a crucial yet underutilised asset, Economic Survey 2025-26—tabled Thursday in the Parliament—has noted.

Telangana panchayat polls: Revanth hails ‘66% Congress strike rate’, face-saver for BJP under Modi glare

Telangana BJP chief said his party registered a 300% jump compared to 165 panchayats it won in previous polls held in 2019. PM Modi had last week pulled up his party's Telangana MPs.

PESA mandate ignored, Jharkhand govt gets HC rap for bypassing gram sabhas in mineral auctions

Bench bans grant of minor mineral mining licenses on learning that instead of implementing HC's 2024 order to notify PESA rules, the state was in a hurry to auction the mines.

Karnataka empowered panchayats the most, UP & Tripura made biggest strides in decade—govt report

Devolution index released by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj assessed states & UTs on 6 parameters according to 1992 constitutional amendment for planned development of villages.

HC strikes down reservation of TN panchayat post for Dalit women, president-elect vows to continue fight

Indhumathi, who was elected unopposed as Nayakaneri panchayat president in 2021, has waged long battle to take oath, says she is ‘being punished for no mistake of hers’.

After study flags gaps, Centre plans training to help women sarpanches escape ‘pati’s’ shadow

Study commissioned by ministry points at serious capacity gaps along with lack of infra & caste dynamics among others, posing hurdles for elected women representatives.

Unable to take oath & facing threats, Dalit woman president of a TN panchayat & her fight for justice

Indhumathi won panchayat election in Tamil Nadu's Nayakaneri village 3 yrs ago, but her election has been fiercely opposed by communities who feel seat should be reserved for STs.

Panchayat leaders to attend I-Day celebration as special guests at Red Fort

New Delhi: The 78th Independence Day celebrations Thursday will include the participation of 300 Panchayat leaders from across the country, including Elected Women Representatives...

In UP, mother of 3 tied to tree, hair chopped & face blackened after ‘panchayat’ called over ‘affair’

Pratapgarh police say a panchayat was called at the behest of the woman's husband and in-laws, and the punishment was meted out with the tacit approval of the village pradhan, who is now absconding.  

‘Women sarpanches must prove worth at every turn,’ says ‘hockey wali sarpanch’ Neeru Yadav

Yadav, widely recognised for her work as sarpanch of a Rajasthan village — from a girls' hockey team to a financial awareness drive — represented her district at a UN event in May.

On Camera

Indian judiciary must stop panicking over AI

To assume courts weigh every word committed to paper is to ignore reality. The Indian judiciary has long had a "Control+C" problem.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

India eyes 6th generation FCAS, looks at tying up with France for possible collaboration

Initial talks held on the possibility of India entering the programme that was started in 2017 between France, Germany and Spain to ensure European sovereignty in defence and security.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.