SPECIAL TRAINING FOR NEWLY ELECTED PANCHES & SARPANCHES TO CARRY OUT PANCHAYAT DUTIES IN SMOOTH MANNER: DDPO LUDHIANA

Author(s): City Air NewsPUNJAB GOVT CHALKS OUT TRAINING PROGRAMME IN THIS REGARD Ludhiana, February 13, 2019: The Rural Development and Panchayat Department Punjab has chalked out a special training programme for the newly elected Panches...

SPECIAL TRAINING FOR NEWLY ELECTED PANCHES & SARPANCHES TO CARRY OUT PANCHAYAT DUTIES IN SMOOTH MANNER: DDPO LUDHIANA
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PUNJAB GOVT CHALKS OUT TRAINING PROGRAMME IN THIS REGARD

Ludhiana, February 13, 2019: The Rural Development and Panchayat Department Punjab has chalked out a special training programme for the newly elected Panches and Sarpanches in order to enable them to carry out their duties related to the panchayats in a smooth manner. Mr Roop Singh, District Development and Panchayat Officer (DDPO), Ludhiana, informed that the training programme would be held for 2 days in each block with participation of every panch and sarpanch.

He informed that the experts who would impart training to the panches and sarpanches, a TOT programme for the experts would be held at SIRD Mohali on February 15-16, 2019. A meeting in this regard was held in the meeting hall of Zila Parishad office Ludhiana. The selection of experts that are to impart training was also done.

While providing further information, Mr Roop Singh informed that the trainers are being trained first, who would further train the panches and sarpanches. He also said that during the course of training the panchayats would be apprised about their powers and the responsibilities apart from Panchayati Raj Act, Village Common Land Act, maintenance of the shamlat lands, Composition of the Gram Sabha, its quorum, Meetings, Resolutions, Estimates, Purchase of the material, Use of Funds, Maintaining of Financial Accounts, Record, Registers, Role of the Panchayat Secretaries and Right to Information Act-2005.

The training would also cover the information with regard to all the schemes being run by the Union and the State Governments besides the aspect as to how to derive benefit and in what measure from these schemes. The panchayats would also be sensitised about how to contribute their bit in the improvement of educational scenario.

The meeting was also attended by District Resource Person Harsukhninder Kaur, BDPO Raikot Navneet Joshi, BDPO Ludhiana-1 Gurmail Singh, besides others.

Date: 
Wednesday, February 13, 2019