"panchayat-raj-act"

The Chief Minister held a review meeting on the proposal to enhance BC reservations in the local body elections at the Secretariat here on Monday.

Of nearly Rs 1,380 crore pending for payment to the gram panchayats, the State government is learnt to have released only Rs 160 crore in two spells over the last six months.

Roads and Buildings Minister Vemula Prashant Reddy said the implementation of the new Panchayat Raj Act brought by the State government was helping develop villages at a much faster pace in the State.

Despite pandemic, TS govt has been releasing Rs 339 cr every month

"The Forest Research Institute released a report recently revealing that the green cover in the State increased by 6-7 per cent which can be attributed to various measures by the State government."