Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat

94% panches elected unanimously in Leh

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Many rural areas in Ladakh, the cold desert of the country, have unanimously elected new sarpanches and panches for the restoration of grass-roots level democracy. Nearly 40 per cent sarpanches and 94 per cent panches in Leh district have already been elected unopposed even as the panchayat elections are to start in the Ladakh region … Read more

Now, Jammu & Kashmir to elect sarpanches directly

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The state government has approved the proposal to amend the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989, for conducting elections of sarpanches directly by the electorate of halqa panchayats and not by the indirect method of electing sarpanches from among the panches themselves. The decision was approved at the fourth meeting of the State Administrative … Read more