-The Times of India BIJNOR: Work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has been stalled in Bijnor district for the past two months. This is being attributed to the Panchayat Polls which were underway in the district. Sources said it would take another month before work can commence again as data regarding village panchayats is yet to be fed into the system. This has led to a...
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Education norms skew results in Rajasthan Panchayat Polls -Kavita Upadhyay
-The Hindu Jaipur: It’s been over a year since minimum qualifications for contesting local body polls were made mandatory in Rajasthan. Though the law did give a chance to the educated youth to replace seasoned local leaders, it has also barred a major section of the rural population from contesting the polls. In December 2014, Rajasthan promulgated the ordinance, which became the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj (Second Amendment) Act, 2015 on April 1...
More »Haryana wants Class XII pass for civic polls -Ajay Sura
-The Times of India CHANDIGARH: After fixing minimum educational qualification of Class X for candidates contesting Panchayat Polls, Haryana will now make class XII mandatory for aspirants to urban local body elections. The Supreme Court on December 10 had upheld Haryana government's earlier decision to mandate class X for Panchayat Polls, saying illiterates can be barred from contesting. The Haryana advocate general's office has suggested that qualification for people contesting various municipal...
More »What The Chaupal Teaches -Pragya Singh
-Outlook Haryana’s new, ‘progressive’ panchayat election rules skewers the chances of women and the marginalised In rural Haryana, last year’s drought-hit fields are finally giving way to the verdant yellow and green of mustard, but the people are restive, even angry. All along the glittering 250-km highway that connects Rohtak with Nuh—Haryana’s west and east, also its best and worst—a wedge has been driven between the rich and the poor by...
More »Winds of change in UP: 44% pradhan seats go to women -Arunav Sinha
-The Times of India Lucknow: In a big surprise, women have won nearly 44% of the pradhan seats in Panchayat Polls across UP, challenging the myth that elections at the rural level in this state are essentially a male-dominated affair. This means that 11% of total winners are women who won the seats in the general category, over and above the 33% seats reserved for them. "The results are proof of women...
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