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Preparations are in full swing for elections to 2,181 rural civic bodies across Adilabad, Mancherial, Nirmal, and Asifabad districts, following a 1.5-year delay. The Congress, BRS, and BJP are in the fray to secure dominance in local governance.

BRS leaders have slammed the Congress-led Telangana government over its plan to implement 42% BC reservation in local polls through an ordinance. They alleged legal inconsistencies, betrayal of the Kamareddy Declaration, and a lack of sincere efforts to secure Presidential approval.

Chief Postmaster General PVS Reddy met Telangana’s Chief Secretary to push for faster land mutation for postal properties. He also proposed integrating DIGIPIN into state systems and called for the co-location of more post offices in Gram Panchayat buildings

The absence of elected gram panchayat bodies is cited as the main reason behind the financial crisis

The much-awaited local body elections in Telangana are set to be delayed further, with the State government deciding to conduct another round of the caste census survey before finalising reservations for Backward Classes (BCs). As a result, the polls are unlikely to be held before the end of April

In a post on X, Rama Rao pointed out the dire condition of rural administration, citing unpaid bills, financial distress among former sarpanches, and village secretaries facing unwarranted trouble by using personal funds.

Of the 143 Urban Local Bodies in the State, the term of nearly 125 municipalities and corporations will be completed on Sunday

Chief Minister orders officials to make necessary arrangements to pay salaries regularly to the staff in gram panchayats

Uttam Kumar Reddy said currently about 31 lakh people have to be included in the food security scheme.

The High Court has upheld the merger of 51 gram panchayats into various municipalities, dismissing a challenge to the government’s ordinance. The bench rejected the petition filed by residents of Ghansimiaguda Gram Panchayat in Shamshabad, along with other affected residents.

Sanjay Kumar also demanded that the State government procure paddy on a war footing since farmers were facing troubles at the paddy procurement centres due to delays and rains.

Not just in Hyderabad, former Sarpanches in different areas across the State were arrested and were being prevented from staging protests

BRS Quthbullapur MLA KP Vivekananda Goud questions the rationale behind merging the gram panchayats which would force locals to pay taxes on par with Hyderabad, but without proper infrastructure.

The State government issued an ordinance expanding the urban area upto Outer Ring Road (ORR) and beyond by merging 51 Gram Panchayats with nearby municipalities.

The Congress has promised to implement 42 percent reservations for BCs in local body elections in its manifesto for Assembly polls.

Preparation of draft electoral rolls of gram panchayats duly indicating the ward divisions and display of the same at panchayat and mandal Praja Parishad will be done on September 6.

At many places, spraying of disinfectants and sprinkling of bleaching powder is also turning into a challenge for panchayats, which once used to sweep performance awards at the national level.

Harish Rao strongly criticized the government for failing to address the needs of gram panchayats and challenged the Minister to identify any falsehoods. He questioned whether it was true that the State government had not released monthly allocations to the gram panchayats even after nine months in office.

The Chief Minister said the previous government had upgraded thandas into gram panchayats, but had not taken any measure for their development.

Says panchayats finding it hard to deliver services due to lack of funds