National Panchayati Raj Day: PM Modi will address Gram Sabhas from Madhubani
National Panchayati Raj Day:On the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day (NPRD), which is celebrated every year by the Indian government on April 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) and Gram Sabhas across the country at Lohna Uttar Gram Panchayat, Madhubani, Bihar, to mark 32 years of the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992.
National Panchayati Raj Day:Modi will also confer the Special Category National Panchayat Awards 2025.
This will be observed as a national programme through a ‘whole-of-government’ approach. Several ministries – including the Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Ministry of Power, Ministry of Railways, and Ministry of Road Transport and Highways – will participate in the event.
Prime Minister Modi will also lay the foundation stone for several key infrastructure projects in the state, including LPG bottling plants, electrification projects, housing schemes, railway infrastructure, and road development works worth Rs 13,500 crore.
He will also disburse benefits under various schemes, such as the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin and Urban) and the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Yojana (DAY-NRLM).
The programme will be attended by several ministers and officials, including Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Chief Secretary Amrit Lal Meena, and Secretary Vivek Bharadwaj.
