India, June 23 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
Training of Trainers (ToT) program on "Generation of Own Source Revenue by Gram Panchayats" was inaugurated by Shri Vivek Bharadwaj, Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj at the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi today. The inaugural session was attended by faculty members of IIM Ahmedabad, officials from IIPA, nominated Master Trainers from 16 States and Union Territories along with other senior officers of the Ministry. This three-day training program is being organised by the Ministry under the Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) in collaboration with IIM Ahmedabad, with the larger objective of equipping Panchayats to become financiall...