Rashmi Shukla SharmaAdditional SecretaryTel: 011-23747913Fax: 011-23747931E-mail: rashmi.s@nic.in

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D.O.No. J-11011/1/2016-Media Dated: 23rd March, 2016

Dear Principal Secretary,

The Ministry of Panchayati Raj celebrates 24th April every year as NationalPanchayati Raj Day as on this day in 1993, the President of India gave hisassent to the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Bill which gave constitutional statusto Panchayats. This year, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, in collaboration with theMinistry of Social Justice & Empowerment and Ministry of Agriculture & FarmersWelfare, is conducting "Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan" from 14thApril2016 (125th Birth Anniversary of Bharat Ratna Dr. B. R. Ambedkar) to 24thApril2016 (National Panchayati Raj Day), and under this people-oriented campaign, aseries of programmes will be organised with active participation of StateDepartment of Panchayati Raj and Panchayat representatives from across thecountry. An outline of "Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan" is enclosedherewith for ready reference.

2. As in previous years, a National event is being organized on 24th April2016, and the venue will be Jamshedpur. Hon'ble Prime Minister will grace theoccasion and address the gathering.

3. You are requested to depute a delegation of elected representativesconsisting of all the three tiers of Panchayats (in the ratio of 1:2:3 for ZilaPanchayat: Intermediate Panchayat: Gram Panchayat respectively) for theNational Panchayati Raj Day in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. The delegation shouldinclude awardees under Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar and RashtriyaGaurav Gram Sabha Puraskar, as well as representatives from SCs/STs andwomen. The number of delegates from each State/UT to attend the event isindicated at Annex-I.

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4. To-and-fro travel arrangements have to be done by the participatingStates/UTs. Boarding & lodging arrangements will be provided by theGovernment of Jharkhand. Details regarding TAIDA etc. are being sentseparately. The concerned Nodal Officials from States/UTs may get in touch withShri AK.Tiwari, Consultant (Tel.: 011-23747935, e-mail: ak.tiwari12@nic.in.aktiwarioffice@gmail.com) in this Ministry for coordination or any clarifications inthe matter. The soft-copy of the list! number of delegates from your State/UT maybe made available to this Ministry in the prescribed format at the e-mailaddresses given above latest by 5th April 2016 for coordinating with Govt. ofJharkhand for ensuring proper stay arrangements, issuing of passes to delegatesand meeting the standard security/protocol requirements.

With regards,

Ene/: As above.

Yours sincerely,

(Rashmi Shukla Sharma)

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The Principal Secretaries, Panchayati Raj Department of all States (exceptKerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam, West Bengal and UT of Puducherry).

Annex-I

Participation from States/ UTs (Proposed No. of State-wise Delegates)

Moderated Number of Elected

[State-wise Rural Representatives consisting of all theS1.

StatefUT Population(in millions) as per three tiers of PRIs (in the ratio of 1:2:3No. Census 2011] for Zila Panchayat: Intermediate

Panchayat: Gram Panchayatrespectively)

1. Andhra Pradesh 56.31 100

2. Arunachal Pradesh 1.06 30

3. Bihar 92.07 180

4. Chhattisgarh 19.6 100

5. Goa 0.56 10

6. Gujarat 34.67 125

7. Haryana 16.53 110

8. Himachal Pradesh 6.17 40

9. Jammu & Kashmir 9.14 40

10. Jharkhand 25.04 700

11. Kamataka 37.55 130

12. Madhya Pradesh 52.54 170

13. Maharashtra 61.54 170

14. Manipur 1.9 10

15. Odisha 34.95 150

16. Punjab 17.32 70

17. Rajasthan 51.54 150

18. Sikkim 0.45 30

19. Telangana N.A. 70

20. Tripura 2.71 25

21. Uttar Pradesh 155.11 200

22. Uttarakhand 7.02 45

23. A&NIslands 0.24 10

24. D&NHaveli 0.18 10

25. Daman & Diu 0.06 10

26. Lakshadweep 0.02 10

27. Chandigarh 10

Total 1000 2705

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) Ms. Indira Mallo, 14. Ms. Alka Upadhyay, 26. Shri G.S.G. Ayyangar,Commissioner Principal Secretary, Principal Secretary,Commissioner Department of RD & PR, Deptt.of RD & Panchayati Raj,Department of Rural Development Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, Government of TripuraGovernment of Arunachal Pradesh Bhopal- 462004. Agartala - 79900 l.Itanagar-79111l. ~Shri V.B. Pyarelal 15. Shri V. Giriraj 27 Ms. Manisha Panwar,

7 Addl. Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary, Principal Secretary,Panchayati Raj Department, Department of RD & PR, Deptt. of RD & PR,Government of Assam, Government of Maharashtra, Govt. of Uttarakhand,Guwahati - 781006. Mumbai - 400032. Dehradun - 248001.Shri Sudhir Kumar Rakesh, 16. Shri J.C. Ramthanga, 28 Shri Chanchal Kumar Tewari,

~ Principal Secretary, Secretary, Principal Secretary,Panchayati Raj Department Department of RD & PR, Panchayati Raj Deptt. Govt.oGovernment of Bihar, Government of Manipur, Uttar Pradesh,Patna - 800001. Imphal- 795001. Lucknow - 226001.Shri M.K. Raut.: 17. Shri M.S. Rao, 29 Shri Saurabh Kumar Das,-

> Additional Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary, Principal Secretary,Department of Panchayat & RD, Deptt.of Community and RD, Deptt.of RD & PR, Govt. ofGovernment of Chhattisgarh, Government of Meghalaya, West Bengal, Jessop Building,Raipur - 492001. Shillong - 793001. Kolkata - 700001

r Shri Kunal, 18. Shri C. Thatkunga , 30 Shri N.K. Sharma,

:J Secretary, Sec~etary, Secretary,Panchayati Raj Department, Local Admn.& PR Deptt. Department of PR & RD,Government of Goa, Government of Mizoram, A&N Islands Administration,Paniim - 40300 l. Aizawl - 796001. Port Blair - 744101.Shri B.B. Swain, 19. Shri Kelie Zeliang, 31 Shri Sandeep Kumar,r- Principal Secretary, Secretary, SecretaryDepartment of RD & PR, Deptt.of RD & Panchayati Raj, Deptt of PR & RD,Government of Gujarat, Government of Nagaland, D&N Haveli Administration,Gandhinagar - 382010 Kohima - 797001 Silvas sa - 396230.

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Smt. Navraj Sandhu, 20. Shri D.K. Singh 32 Shri Sandeep Kumar,Addl. Chief Secretary, Secretary, Secretary,Deptt. of RD & Panchayati Raj, Deptt. of RD & Panchayati Raj, Deptt.of RD & PR, Admn. ofGovernment of Haryana, Government of Orissa, Daman & Diu, Daman -Chandigarh - 143001 Bhubaneshwar - 75300 l. 396210.Shri Onkar Chand Sharma, 21. Shri Dipinder Singh, 33 Shri G.Ragesh Chandra,

! Secretary, Secretary, Secretary,Department of RD & PR, Deptt.of RD & Panchayati Raj, Deptt.of Ruralljevelopment,Government of Himachal Pradesh, Government of Punjab, Government of Puducherry,

-. Shimla - 171009. Chandigarh - 160017 Puducherrv - 605001.O. Shri Khurshid Ahmad Shah, 22. Shri Sreemat Pandey, 34 Shri J. Ashok Kumar,

Secretary, Principal Secretary, Secretary,Deptt.of Panchayati Raj & RD, Deptt. of RD & Panchayati Raj, Deptt.of Rural Dev. & PR,Government of Jammu & Kashmir, Government of Rajasthan Lakshadweep Admn.,Jammu -- 190001 J aipur - 302001. Kavaratti - 682555.

1 Shri N.N. Sinha, 23. Shri D.R. Nepal 35. Shri Narsimha Kabari,Principal Secretary, Secretary, Secretary,Department of RD & PR, Rural Management & Dev.Dept. RD & Panchayati Raj,Government of Jharkhand, Government of Sikkim Chandigarh Administration,Ranchi - 83400 1 Gangtok - 737101. Chandigarh-160017

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