National Panchayati Raj Day celebrated

There was conference on the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day. In the conference, panchayat members shared their triumphs and their obstacles.The Gram Sabha of the village community is a local government where all the people are members. They have autonomous courts comprising of elders called panchayats. Best panchayat was that of Sikkim state, and was given awards.Now e-panchayats have come into being. Fibre-optic cables have connected all the panchayats (village courts)with each other. Moreover all proceedings of the village courts will be recorded and by video-conferencing all proceedings will be telecast live.We can now see what is going on  and whether it is really an ideal and just court.Now rules have been made that half of the members of the panchyat(local government) will be women.This has empowered the women who take up our developmental goals with new spirit and zest.At once we have addressed several issues.Now gender equality is asserted, caste divisions have been cut across, patriarchal mindsets are counter-checked, and greater empathy for the poor have all been established.