Latest Balika Panchayats News & Updates

Ahmedabad, Jan 23 (IANS) In a major push to strengthen leadership skills among adolescent girls and familiarise them with democratic processes, the Gujarat government has constituted ‘Balika Panchayats’ in over 13,000 gram panchayats across the state. With this initiative, Gujarat has emerged as the first state in the country to implement such a model on a statewide scale.The programme, which began as a pilot in Mota Angiya and Maska villages of Kutch district, has now been expanded to every…