Minister for Panchayat and Rural Development Gopal Bhargava has said that the State Government will give double amount from its account for development of Gram Panchayat in accordance to the amount generated by gram panchayat through taxation. He said this at the workshop organised for Panchayat Representatives on the subject Self Taxation and Digital Transaction at Water and land Management Institute.
Bhargava mentioned that the concept of Gram Swaraj will be realized only when gram panchayats will achieve economic independence. Therefore, Panchayat Representatives must work with full awareness towards their duties also besides their rights.
He further stated that Panchayats have been entrusted with unlimited powers under the Panchayat Raj Act, which should be used for overall development of panchayats. He appealed to the Panchayat Representatives to generate fund through self taxation in people’s interest.
Besides, Bhargava stated that decrease has been witness in the cash transactions in the country after the digitilisation, which is need of the hour. He further said that Madhya Pradesh is the first state of the country, where gram panchayats are implementing cent percent digital transactions. He also heard experiences from Sarpanchs came from other states like Punjab, Gujarat and Chhattisgarh in the workshop and suggested other to take lesson from them.
Director Panchayat Raj Shamim Uddin shed light on the objectives and working mechanism.
Vote of thanks was proposed by the Director of WAlMI Urmila Shukla.
The Subject Experts will impart information on Digital Transaction Procedure and its benefits besides other subjects to the Panchayat Representatives on the second day of the workshop.