The Hindu 24.10.2011
Toddy movement demands devolution of powers to local bodies
Tamil Nadu Toddy Movement has urged the State Government to devolve more powers to the local bodies.
In
a release, the Movement’s leader C. Nallasamy said that the Government
should devolve powers of 29 departments to the local bodies to make them
self sufficient. He pointed out that this was what had been enshrined
in the Panchayat Raj Act, brought in through the 73
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He also urged the State Government to make public
the report of the Justice K.P. Sivasubramaniam Committee that went into
the issue of removal of ban on toddy tapping. He recalled the promise
Jayalalithaa made in Pollachi during her 2011 Assembly campaign in this
regard. His other demands included a relook at implementation of the
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Generation Scheme during the
cultivation season.
State urged to make public the report of the Justice K.P. Sivasubramaniam Committee
Movement also wants separate budget for agriculture
