National Panchayat Convention

147 delegates from Manipur taking part:

New Delhi, Apr 23: In all 147 delegates including 46 women from Manipur are taking part in the three-day National Convention of Chairpersons of District and Intermediate Panchayats, which was inaugurated by Mani Shankar Aiyar, Union Minister of Panchayati Raj last morning at Burari Ground, Outer Ring Road here.

Manipur delegation consists of 137 Pradhans of Gram Panchayat, three Adhyakshas of Zila Parishad namely S Subhaschandra of Imphal West Zila Parishad, Basanti of Imphal East Zila Parishad and Abdul Latif of Thoubal Zila Parishad and seven officials led by Y Neta Singh, Director of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Government of Manipur.

Y Neta Singh flagged off the Manipur delegation on April 18 at Panchayat Bhawan, Imphal for the National Convention.

The Manipur delegation arrived here on April 21 .

Around 8000 delegates from 26 States and five UTs are participating in this National Convention.

This includes around 1500 women. The delegates are mainly the Chairpersons of District and Intermediate Panchayats. The officials and other invitees number around 2000 .

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