Hyderabad, July 24 -- The parliamentary standing committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (2024-25), has presented its tenth report in the Parliament on July 22, strongly recommending the continued engagement of the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) with the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD).

The committee argued that such disengagement would not serve the cause of "minimum government, maximum governance," but would, in fact, weaken the rural development infrastructure by disrupting policy alignment, institutional continuity, and financial stability.

Constitution of a MoRD-led Committee to oversee administrative stagnation, governance at NIRDPR

The committee expressed serious concern over t...