Modi to inaugurate a national conference on Panchayati raj and Rural development

Gandhinagar, 14 August 2013

Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate a national conference on Panchayati Raj and Rural Development at Mahatma Mandir in capital town on August 17th. One-day conference will be attended by Panchayati raj members from all over the nation.

Shri Vinajykumar, Joint Secretary, Rural Development, Government of India shall attend a session on inclusive employment generation during 11.30 am – 1.00 pm. Experts will speak on Best practices in finance encash transfer, working towards financial inclusion, role of financial institution in livelihood etc subjects in presence of state finance principal secretary S.Aparna.

Janki Andharia, School of habitat studies, Tata Institute of Social Science, Mumbai will be a Chairperson of rural housing session during 2.30 – 4.00 pm. State Development Commission Shri AK Rakesh will attend the session in which other experts will provide guidance on the subject of rural housing.

Former member secretary, Planning commission Smt Sudha Pillai will be the chairperson of the session covering the subject of panchayati raj institution’s role in rural development in presence of state panchayat department principal secretary Shri PK Parmar.

Tamilnadu’s Chief Secretary Shri CV Shankar will be the chairperson of session on peoples’ participation and strengthening of women in rural development. State education principal secretary Sangita Singh aod others will provide guidance in this session. Government of India’s Telecommunication department additional secretary Rita Tehvatia, CEPT faculty R Parthsarthi and other experts will also provide guidance in this event.