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KATTAPPANA: Presidents of 18 panchayats in Tamil Nadu’s Kancheepuram district returned on Sunday after learning about the people’s plan programme and three-tier panchayat raj system in Kerala and how they functioned in Munnar grama panchayat and Devikulam block. The team, comprising six women, attended a three-day study camp at the National Institute of Research and Technology which provided them ample opportunity for interacting with the panchayat members and officials of the three-tier panchayat raj system. Munnar grama panchayat president Y. Nadarajan said that the interactive section of the class was wonderful as there was great difference in the functioning of the panchayat raj system in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. “Though the three-day camp was mainly meant for familiarising them with the functioning of the people’s plan programme and three-tier panchayat raj system, the members of Munnar panchayat and the panchayat presidents from Tamil Nadu got interesting information on the functioning of the system in the two States,” he said. Mr. Rajendran, consultant, Madurai Panchayat Raj Institution, which formally arranged the programme at Munnar, said that the programme helped the panchayat presidents from Tamil Nadu to get grassroots-level information on panchayat raj system in Kerala. He said that in the interactive section, issues and problems facing pachayats in Kerala and Tamil Nadu were discussed. Rajendran said that the members were keen to learn about the panchayat raj system in Kerala and the general view was that a more transparent system existed in the panchayats of Kerala in implementing projects and collection of taxes. He added that the local administration system in Tamil Nadu was controlled more by officials than elected members and in the collection of taxes, panchayats in Tamil Nadu are far behind in Kerala panchayats. Democratic freedom“Panhayat bodies in Kerala enjoyed much democratic freedom whereas in Tamil Nadu, the system is more controlled by officials,” he said. Another participant, Bhagyam, said that if similar interactions were held for others too, local administration would become democratic and easy. The programme was implemented under the Human Resources Development Project of Tamil Nadu government and project director Dayalam also accompanied the team.
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