GALANTRY AWARDS Param Vir Chakra 1. The highest decoration for valour is the Param Vir Chakra whcih is the awarded for the most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy‚ whether on land‚ at sea or in the air. 2. The decoration is made of bronze and is circular in shape. It has ‚on the obverse‚ four replicas of “Indra’s Vajra” embossed round the state emblem in the centre. On the reverse the word “Param Vir Chakra” are embossed
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Act‚ job cards are issued to the rural unskilled labour by guaranteeing work for 100 days in a financial year at a minimum daily wage of Rs.100. It is the largest programme in the world for rural reconstruction. The scheme covered 604 districts in India in three phases and provided employment opportunities for more than 4.47 crore households in 2008-09 .The total outlay for the scheme is $8 billion during 2009-10. NREGA creates transparency and accountability in governance. All NREGA beneficiaries
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Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act- A critical Appraisal. Dr. M.D.Somani‚ The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act‚ (NREGA) was notified on September 7‚ 2005 by Government of India with the objective to enhance livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. It was intended to provide employment to the vulnerable groups at
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(c) “Block” means such local area in a district as the State Government may constitute to be a Block; (d) “Block Development Officer” means an officer appointed as such by the State Government; 1 (e) “Chief Executive Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer of a Zila Parishad appointed under the provisions of this Act; (f) “Commission” means the State Election Commission constituted under Article 243-K read with Article 243-ZA of the Constitution of India. (g) “Commissioner”
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community harmony in Indian villages‚ especially those in northern India (Sangwan 2009). Khap Panchayats are understood to have come into existence as a social system for maintenance mechanism in agrarian societies. They are the legacies of the tribal councils‚ formed by various tribes with a purpose of facilitating resolution of intra-tribal disputes and inter-tribal inter-course (Singh 2010). The Sarv-Khap Pancyayat‚ according to local beliefs‚ was organized in 7th century by emperor Harsha at Prayag
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Nyaya Panchayats Government proposes to establish Nyaya Panchayats in every Gram Panchayat or a cluster of Gram Panchayats‚ for providing a system of fair and speedy justice‚ both civil and criminal‚ to the citizens at their doorsteps‚ outside the formal judicial system. The Nyaya Panchayats are proposed to be constituted through the election of the Nyaya Panchas by people residing in the area to which the jurisdiction of the Nyaya Panchayats extends. Provisions are proposed for the reservation
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Intensive ‘As –Is’ Status Studies of computerization and IT Usage Department of Panchayati Raj‚ Government of Uttar Pradesh Report on ‘As –Is’ study on Information Technology usage and level of computerization and IT / eGovernance Roadmap February 2007 Version 1.0 Submitted by: PwC IT/e-Governance Roadmap Ver 1.0 Department: Directorate – Panchayati Raj (Department of Panchayati Raj) Table of Contents Executive Summary ...........................................................
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Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme: Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme is a flagship program of Narender Modi led central government. Prime Minister Modi launched this scheme on 22 January 2015 from Panipat city of Haryana for motivating the parents for saving girl children in nucleus and to educate them. The decreasing the numbers of 0-6 years girl children had become the national concern and a stigma on country image at international level. Declining child sex ratio had become a main obstacle in the path
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Introduction Local government institutions have always existed in India in one form or another since ancient times. The present form of urban local government owes its genesis to the British rule. The initiation began with Samuel Laing‚ member of the Viceroy’s Council‚ in the Budget Speech (1861-62) proposing that local services should be based on local resources. Lord Mayo’s Resolution of 1870 introduced the concept of elected representatives in the municipalities. Lord Ripon is considered the founding
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equal to men by Indian Constitution. There is a freedom to serve in decision making by a member in active politics to each men and women in India. If we observe history of six decades after independence‚ we can see that‚ women have not utilized freedom as compared to men. Whether common women of India can utilize her constitutional rights in which president of India is a woman ? Whether she has received that position in which our constitution is claiming? Whether constitution of women is such‚ which
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