{"id":24815,"date":"2026-02-14T20:13:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T14:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/?p=24815"},"modified":"2026-02-14T20:13:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T14:43:06","slug":"mann-governments-initiative-for-rural-development-essential-for-nations-strength-dhaliwal6-unanimously-elected-gram-panchayats-honoured-with-%e2%82%b95-lakh-special-grant-e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/?p=24815","title":{"rendered":"Mann Government\u2019s Initiative for Rural Development Essential for Nation\u2019s Strength\u2013 Dhaliwal=6 Unanimously Elected Gram Panchayats Honoured with \u20b95 Lakh Special Grant Each"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">(\u00a0 Justice News)<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Amritsar<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Today, MLA, former Cabinet Minister of Punjab, and State Chief Spokesperson of the Aam Aadmi Party, Mr. Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, presented cheques of \u20b95 lakh each as a special government grant to six unanimously elected Gram Panchayats of villages Abadi Sohan Singh, Chharthtewali, Budhewali, Wanjhawala, Pandori Sukha Singh, and Bhakha Hari Singh.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He stated that Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Bhagwant Singh Mann had strongly advocated for development without discrimination, smooth justice through consensus, and the elimination of hatred-based politics in villages. In line with this vision, it was announced that Gram Panchayats elected unanimously would receive a special grant of \u20b95 lakh in addition to regular grants.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Dhaliwal said that, in contrast, previous governments led by Congress, Akali Dal, and BJP had allegedly followed a \u201cdivide and rule\u201d policy, encouraging factionalism during Panchayat elections and keeping villages entangled in limited developmental politics for decades. As a result, the condition of basic infrastructure in villages remained poor.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He further informed that, responding to Chief Minister Mann\u2019s appeal, 48 villages in the constituency elected their Panchayats unanimously, setting a record. A total grant of \u20b92.40 crore has been released to honour these 48 Gram Panchayats with \u20b95 lakh each, and the phased distribution process has already begun.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Dhaliwal emphasized that the nation cannot become strong without rural development. He alleged that the Central Government is weakening rural development initiatives. He mentioned that the 100-day employment guarantee under MGNREGA has been affected, and Punjab\u2019s rightful funds amounting to \u20b98,000 crore for upgrading 64,724 kilometers of rural link roads and modernizing 1,966 grain markets have been withheld without justification.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He also alleged that under trade agreements with the United States, attempts are being made to harm farmers by allowing tax-free sale of agricultural produce and pushing changes in the mandi system. He asserted that the Mann Government will not allow such efforts to succeed.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>(\u00a0 Justice News) Amritsar Today, MLA, former Cabinet Minister of Punjab, and State Chief Spokesperson of the Aam Aadmi Party, Mr. Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, presented <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/?p=24815\" title=\"Mann Government\u2019s Initiative for Rural Development Essential for Nation\u2019s Strength\u2013 Dhaliwal=6 Unanimously Elected Gram Panchayats Honoured with \u20b95 Lakh Special Grant Each\"><span>Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-punjab"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1013277400-scaled.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe1HXo-6sf","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24815"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24817,"href":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24815\/revisions\/24817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justicenews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}