Panchayat Sammelan to Focus on Enhancing Grassroots Service Delivery for Better Ease of Living

The Ministry of Panchayati Raj is set to host a Panchayat Sammelan on the theme "Ease of Living: Enhancing Service Delivery at the Grassroots" on October 22, 2024, at the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR), Hyderabad. The event will be inaugurated with the esteemed presence of Vivek Bharadwaj, Secretary of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, along with Dr. G. Narendra Kumar, Director General of NIRD&PR, Alok Prem Nagar, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, and Lokesh Kumar D. S., Secretary of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Department, Government of Telangana.

As part of the Panchayat Sammelan, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj is also organizing four regional workshops focused on "Ease of Living: Enhancing Service Delivery at the Grassroots." The first of these workshops will take place on October 22, 2024, in Hyderabad.

The workshop will see participation from representatives of seven states: Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Odisha, and Telangana. It will serve as a platform for Panchayat functionaries and elected representatives to share their experiences, challenges, and opportunities in grassroots service delivery.

Key discussions will focus on using digital public tools like Bhashini for language translation, UNICEF’s RapidPro platform for effective communication, and ServicePlus for online service delivery. The event will provide an opportunity to exchange ideas and best practices to improve last-mile service accessibility and governance quality in rural areas.

The Panchayat Sammelan represents a significant initiative to enhance service delivery at the grassroots level, with an emphasis on improving the ease of living in rural regions. NIRD&PR will present its insights on benchmarking rural services, while the Wadhwani Foundation will showcase case studies on how emerging technologies can be harnessed to improve service delivery.