T'puram: Kerala state delimitation commission is organising a public hearing on complaints regarding the delimitation of block panchayat wards. The commission received 782 complaints against the ...

The State Delimitation Commission has published the draft notification on ward delimitation in the 152 block panchayats in Kerala. This exercise forms part of the second phase of the ward ...

As many as 129 new wards have been formed after the completion of the exercise at the grama panchayat level. Earlier, the total number of wards under grama panchayats in the district was 1,338 ...

It held that Section 6 (1) of the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act empowers the state to determine the strength of panchayats based on the population of the territorial area concerned.

Findings: Panchayats in Kerala allocated a lower proportion of resources to health than that allocated by the state government prior to decentralization; while panchayat resources grew at an annual ...