AJKPC TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL PANCHAYTI RAJ DAY AS ‘Giving Day’

AJKPC to celebrate National Panchayti Raj day as ‘Giving Day’

Panchayat members to distribute free of ration among needy people from their own resources

Jammu, 22/April/2020

 All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC) has urged all the elected Panchayat representatives including Panchs, Sarpanches and Block Development Council (BDC) Chairpersons of J&K Union Territory to celebrate the National Panchayati Raj Day on April 24 as  “Giving Day”.  

In a press statement issued here on Wednesday, Anil Sharma, President AJKPC said that amidst lockdown due to Coronovirus pandemic, it has been decided by executive committee of the organisation telephonically to celebrate National Panchayati Raj Day as “Giving Day” and on this day all the elected Panchayat Members from a Panch to BDC chairperson would provide free ration and relief material to the poorest of the poor families in their respective wards, Panchayat or Block.

“All the members of the AJKPC have been asked to identify poorest of the poor families in their areas without any discrimination on the basis of religion, caste, local or non-local and provide them items of daily use as per the capacity and availability of the resources from their own pockets and while doing so no public money shall be utilized”, Sharma said. 

It is pertinent to mention here that every year on 24th of April National Panchayati Raj Day is celebrated as on this day the 73rd amendment of the Constitution of India got official consideration giving constitutional status to the PRIs.

The AJKPC president said all office bearers of the organizations have been asked to celebrate this National Panchayti Raj Day adhering to all the guidelines of maintaining social gathering, using mask and other health advisories issued by the Government of India, J &K UT government and their respective district administration.

Sharma also expressed his gratitude to the UT administration for considering their request for providing free of cost masks to BPL, APL and AAY ration card holders at village level and said it would definitely help in containing the spread of deadly Corona virus in rural areas of Jammu and Kashmir.