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Amit Shukla अमित शुक्ल 🇮🇳 retweeted
Powers on paper, roadblocks in practice! 🚧
At #PanchayatRatna2026, Ashutosh Singh Mintu (UP) raises concerns over red tape, delays & alleged “commission culture” in village development.
Should Panchayats have more authority? 🤔
🎥 youtu.be/LD2TZ4QNBFc
#EmpowerPanchayat
Amit Shukla अमित शुक्ल 🇮🇳 retweeted
Can vegetable farming make villages self-reliant? 🥬🌾
At #PanchayatRatna2026, Ashutosh Singh Mintu (UP) shares how farming supports village livelihoods, with an Indo-Israel research centre on the way! 🚜🇮🇳
🎥 More stories:
youtube.com/@grampanchayathq
#EmpowerPanchayat #RuralIndia
Amit Shukla अमित शुक्ल 🇮🇳 retweeted
Diwali at Empower Panchayat! 🪔✨
From puja and festive traditions to games, laughter & celebrations, our team came together to celebrate the spirit of togetherness.
Wishing everyone a Diwali filled with light, happiness & progress! 🌸🇮🇳
#HappyDiwali #EmpowerPanchayat
1/ A brother walks out of Nandigram with a pair of wooden sandals in his hands and fourteen years of accounts to hand over. That scene sits behind a Diwali ritual most of us have watched without noticing: Chopda Pujan.
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3/ He names what he hands over. He invites inspection before anyone asks. He gives the credit away. Chopda Pujan carries the same discipline: the old bahi-khata is reconciled and dues settled before a fresh ledger is placed before Lakshmi.
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4/ Wherever charge changes hands, in a family firm or a newly elected Gram Panchayat, the one who leaves owes an honest account. The light of Diwali is brightest on a ledger that has been honestly closed.
शुभ दीपावली।
#Diwali #Ramayana #ChopdaPujan
Indispensable!
I had made an intervention in Parliament highlighting the need to include personal finance in our education system.
Glad to see NCERT has taken this forward by incorporating it into the curriculum.
This is a very important step towards building financial awareness among young Indians.
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1/ Social security for gig workers is not mainly a money problem. It is a proof problem. The money is already in the law: aggregators are to contribute 1-2% of turnover, capped at 5% of what they pay workers. The rate and start date are yet to be notified.
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3/ Proof is harder. A rider may work for three apps in one week and move to another city the next. He has to be counted once, verified once and covered everywhere. If coverage depends on the worker chasing paperwork, it will stay on paper.
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4/ His proof already exists. Every trip and payout is logged on the platform’s servers. Since May, aggregators have had to share worker details with e-Shram. The question is whether the worker can see that record himself.
#GigWorkers #SocialSecurity #eShram
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Amit Shukla अमित शुक्ल 🇮🇳 retweeted
What does village transformation look like? 🏡🇮🇳
At #PanchayatRatna2026, Nagma Ansari (UP) shares her work on sanitation, roads, menstrual hygiene & education.
She also speaks about exercising Panchayat powers under the 11th Schedule.
🎥 Full interview:
youtu.be/zE2AXrE583g
Amit Shukla अमित शुक्ल 🇮🇳 retweeted
Are Gram Pradhans aware of their powers? 🤔🇮🇳
At #PanchayatRatna2026, Sapna Chaturvedi (UP) says lack of awareness among Pradhans is holding back Gandhi Ji’s vision of Gram Swaraj.
Can training unlock their potential? 📚
🎥 Full interview:
youtu.be/M6XfLsXGsT0
1/ Training a Pradhan is not the same as trusting a Panchayat.
The Union Cabinet has approved ₹7,395.55 crore for the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Gram Swaraj Yojana, 2026-27 to 2030-31. What it funds, and what it doesn’t. A thread.
#PMVGSY #Panchayatiraj
7/ Empower Panchayat’s 15-day programme with FICCI FLO has run cohorts for Pradhans in J&K, Gujarat and MP. Digital Gram Sabhas, piloted in Tatarpur, have since been held in Darji Karadiya (MP) and Harenti (UP), with more coming.
Necessary. Not sufficient.
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8/ The next scheme should be a devolution scheme: the 29 subjects mapped to the Panchayat, untied funds it can actually decide on, and functionaries who answer to it.
#Devolution
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