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 Women panchayat presidents are no rubber stamp leaders [1]

april 30, 2003: 158 gram panchayat (gp) presidents of Karur district in Tamil Nadu are up in arms over a district collector's order. It has taken away their right to administer the food for work scheme in the district. Worse still, it has conferred this right to the panchayat union chairman

Publication Date: 
14/08/2003
E Vijayalakshmi [2]
Down to Earth [3]
Tags:
Mining [4], Groundwater [5], Women [6], Rural Development [7], Panchayats [8], Tamil Nadu [9]
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