Gandhinagar, Aug. 22 -- Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has approved a grant of Rs 489.95 crore for 2,055 new Gram Panchayat buildings under the Gram Panchayat Ghar cum Talati-Mantri Awas Yojana to achieve 100 per cent saturation in the state.

To ensure that Gram Panchayats, the fundamental and significant unit of the three-tier Panchayati Raj system, have their own Panchayat buildings, CM Patel has sanctioned a substantial grant for this purpose, the Chief Minister's office said in a press release.

The State Government's Panchayat Department allocates funds from the annual budget to construct new Panchayat buildings for Gram Panchayats with dilapidated or no existing Panchayat buildings, as well as for Talati-cum-Mantri residenc...