2200 gaon panchayats in Assam to be developed as ‘Nirmal Gaon’ in the next five years

GUWAHATI: While setting the target, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh told Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Rakibul Hussain to take steps to develop 2200 gaon panchayats in Assam as ‘Nirmal Gaon’ in the next five years and reiterated that the Central Government would bear all the expenses in that regard.