Three day training workshop on ‘Panchayati Raj’ organized by UPES concluded on Wednesday. In which Gram Pradhans, Vice –Gram Pradhans & ward members of Gram Panchayats of Bidholi, Kandoli, Paundha & Kanswali Kothri villages were not only made of their respective powers within the ‘Gram Panchayat System’ but were also extensively trained in the fields of Development planning, Budget making & Project Monitoring. Sponsored by UPES this workshop was conducted by experts from ‘Avantha Foundation’,a Pune based organization.
Expressing his appreciation & thanks to UPES Sahaspur MlA Sahdev Pundir, who was chief guest in valedictory function, appealed the UPES to organize more such workshops in other areas as well. As we know that 50 pecent seats are reserved for women in the Uttarakhand Gram Panchayat act so you should also organise a special workshop for them later he also awarded Certificates along with a daily sitting allowance to all the participating Gram Pradhans, Vice –Gram Pradhans & ward members.
Ex- CS N Ravishanker, opined that the representatives of various Gram Panchayats should realize that they have with them an in-house resource in the form of the Petroleum University and they should make full use of this resource by interacting and continuously engaging with the University officials. Megh Singh, Member of Zilla Parishad, Dehradun praised UPES for the regular and continuous support to all villages in its neighborhood.
In an open house interactive session all the four Gram Pradhans spoke on the various aspects of the Gram Panchayat Raj system which they have learnt by virtue of this workshop such as Budget making, methods on increasing the revenue through various means, effective operations by forming sub-committees.
Arun Dhand, Director – Govt relations and Media Affairs said that in the Indian democratic governance system there are four Sabha’s, at the top is “Rajya Sabha”, followed by “lok Sabha”, “Vidhan Sabha” and at the bottom is the “Gram Sabha” but if you see the system then you will find 80 percent of the Indian population reside in villages hence there is a need to strengthen the Gram Sabha’s.