Gandhinagar, 2 May 2012 Chief Minister Narendra Modi today handed over incentive grants worth Rs.10.86 crore to 422 villages that became samras in the panchayat elections held in April-2012. Giving out the grants to samras sarpanchs and panchayat members today in a programme held at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar Mr. Modi said that an atmosphere of healthy competition between villages has been created across the state. “Instead of conflicts, the villages are now competing o...Read More

Ahmedabad, 10 March 2012 In a gala function held today at Gujarat University convention hall in Ahmedbad Chief Minister Narendra felicitated 831 female sarpanchs of samras village panchayats and gave away incentive prizes worth Rs.22.50 crore. Chief Minister said that women in villages have already proved their leadership guts by effectively managing water distribution work through WASMO and by being successful in dairy and animal husbandry industry. The female sarpanchs hav...Read More

Gandhinagar, 18 December 2011 Total 2124 Samras villages of Gujarat have elected their Sarpanch and local panchayat body unanimously. These villages will therefore not witness actual Gram Panchayat election on 29 December. Elections will be held as per the schedule for other 8270 village panchayat bodies where unopposed election could not happen. As per the detail available from the election commission of Gujarat, as many as 280 villages of Rajkot are declared Samras. Detail...Read More

By Japan K Pathak, Ahmedabad, 12 December 2011 To ensure incentives under Gujarat government's Samras gram scheme, this remote village located in south-eastern corner of Gujarat has done something that even Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi or the state election commission might not have thought of! A small and remote village Kumkuva in south Gujarat's Tapi district organized a private election of Sarpanch before the scheduled election for same on December 29th. While...Read More