Bhopal, Jul 19 (PTI) A self-governing and self-reliant village society is key to ending rural poverty and socio-economic inequality and it is possible only through strong Panchayati Raj institutions, experts here said.
“A rural renaissance is not possible without a self-governing and self-reliant village-society and it is possible only through strong Panchayati Raj institutions towards ending rural poverty and socio-economic inequality,” said former additional chief secretary Manoj Shrivastava.
He was addressing the third edition of the India Rural Colloquy organised by Transform Rural India (TRI) at the state-run Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Good Governance and Policy Analysis (AIGGPA) on Tuesday, coinciding with International Mandela Day.
Source: Press Trust of India
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