TNPSC Thervupettagam

Gram Sabha meetings in Tamilnadu

April 28 , 2022 945 days 67543 0
  • The Tamilnadu state government announced the resumption of the observance of November 1 as the Local Governance Day.
  • November 1 had been observed as Local Governance Day by the DMK government since 2007.
  • The government would resume conferring the Uthamar Gandhi Village Panchayat Award on the best performing village panchayats on 10 parameters.
  • It was introduced in 2006 under the DMK government, but was discontinued by the AIADMK government.
  • One village panchayat in 37 districts would be chosen a year for this award.
  • The gram sabha meetings in Tamilnadu would be held six times a year, which had so far been held on four days.
  • Besides on the Republic Day (January 26), Labour Day (May 1), Independence Day (August 15) and the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi (October 2), the gram sabhas would meet on World Water Day (March 22) and Local Governance Day (November 1).

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