A delegation of Punjab’s Zila Parishad chairmen and officers are visiting Kerala to study the Panchayati Raj Institution of the southern State.
Using the experiences learnt at Kerala, these Zila Parishad chairmen and the officers will help in developing social, human resources and infrastructure of the State. On its special visit to Kerala, the 15-member delegation will undergo training at Kerala Institute of local Administration (KIlA).
“The delegation is studying decentralisation of planning for development, handing over powers and funds to the panchayati raj institutes and the economic condition of gram panchayats,” said State Rural Development and Panchayat Minister Sikandar Singh Maluka on Wednesday.
He said that the delegation will also visit Pananchery village in Kerala and get knowledge on the working of its gram panchayat. “The Pananchery village has a population of around 25,000 and has 50 percent reservation for women in panchayat. Women have thumping participation in gram panchayat and gram sabha. Panchayat has formed committees for different works such as finance committee, development committee, social justice committee etc and all of these committees are expertise in the works entrusted to them,” said Maluka.