The Union Government, especially the Ministry for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj deserve all credit for declaring 2009-2010 the year of the Gram Sabha
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/more-power-gram-sabha
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/bharat-dogra-0
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/civil-society
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/political-decentralisation
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/governance-and-institutions
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/governance
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-rural-development
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/panchayats
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gram-sabhas
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india