Month: April 2018

A Monsoon Preparedness Cum Inter- Departmental Coordination meeting

Gayzing, April 27 : (IPR) A Monsoon Preparedness Cum Inter- Departmental Coordination meeting was held at the West District Zilla Panchayat Assembly hall today.

The meeting was held under the chairmanship of the District Magistrate Mr. A.B Karki. Presiding over the consultations, Collector chalked out the role of each department and the arrangements to be made to meet emergencies.

The meeting was attended by Mr. Tenzing Loden Lepcha (SP), West, Mr. K.L. Lepcha (ADC), West, Mr. Surat Gurung (ADC/DEV), Dr. Thinlay Wongyal (CMO), Mr. Saran Pradhan (DPO) Zilla, Mr. Pempa Sherpa (DPO/EOC) and all Heads of the Departments.

Coordination meeting and workshop on towards Tuberculosis elimination

Geyzing, 26th April 18 : A coordination meeting and workshop on towards Tuberculosis elimination, CATCH, HPV Vaccines, NITI Aayog, VHSNC and functioning of PHCs with Zilla Adhyaksha, Upa- Adhyaksha, District Collector , Zilla Panchayats and Panchayat President organised by District Health Society, Geyzing was held today at West District Zilla Panchayat conference hall, Kyongsha.

The meeting was commenced under the chairmanship of Mrs. Devika Subba,Zilla Adhyaksha accompanied by Mr. Ashok Pradhan, Up-Adhyaksha, Mr. A.B Karki , DC(W), Dr. Thinlay Wongyal , CMO(W), Mr. Saran Pradhan,DPO Zilla, Dr.Tsheten Namgyal, DRCHO (W) and Mr.Bikash Pradhan,DTO (W).

SIKKIM BAGS SIX NATIONAL AWARDS UNDER PACHAYATI RAJ

New Delhi, April 25: (IPR) Sikkim bagged the National e-Panchayat Puraskar 2018 (First Prize under Category I) on the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Diwas held in Rampur, Mandala, Madhya Pradesh today. Shri M.N. Dhakal, Special Secretary cum Director Panchayat, RM&DD, Government of Sikkim received the Award on behalf of the State from the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi.

Similarly, Maniram Phalidara Gram Panchayat, South Sikkim, was awarded the Gram Panchayat Development Plan Award by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India which was received by Shri Topda Bhutia, Panchayat Member.

Shri. Narendra Singh Tommar, Union Minster for RD & Panchayati Raj, Government of India and Shri Parshottam Rupala, Minister of State for Panchayati Raj and Farmers Welfare, Government of India, handed over the following awards to Sikkim:

1. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar (DDUPSP) to South District Zilla Panchayat, which was received by Hon’ble Adhyaksha Ms. Farwanti Tamang and Hon’ble Up-Adhyaksha Shri Bhim Bahadur Lakhey.

2. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar (DDUPSP) to Martam Gram Panchayat Unit, West Sikkim, which was received by the Panchayat Sabhapati Shri Chabi Lal Chettri and Panchayat Sachiva Shri Kumar Rai.

3. Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar (DDUPSP) for Namphing Gram Panchayat, South Sikkim, which was received by the Panchayat Sabhapati Shri Bikash Sharma and Panchayat Up-Sabhapati Shri Durga Bahadur Subba.

4. Nanaji Deshmukh Rashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha Puraskar (NDRGGSP) to Gram Panchayats for outstanding performance of Gram Sabha GPDP Award to Tingvong Gram Panchayat, North Sikkim, which was received by the Panchayat Sabhapati Shri Tshering Rapjor Lepcha and Panchayat Sachiva Shri Norgay Lepcha.

The delegation from Sikkim have attributed the awards to the visionary and consistent leadership and guidance of the Government led by the Hon’ble Chief Minister, and the efforts from officers, panchyats and field functionaries of the RM&DD.

Exhibition on ‘Parliamentary Democracy in India’

Gangtok, April 25: (IPR) As part of the “Best Performing Legislator Award” ceremony of Sikkim Legislative Assembly, an Exhibition on ‘Parliamentary Democracy in India’ has been organized at Chintan Bhawan, Gangtok.

The Exhibition traces on our Democracy from ancient and medieval periods, the freedom Movement, the Constituent Assembly, our modern parliamentary system, Parliamentary Functions, etc. Besides these a separate sector on Sikkim and the Legislative Assembly of Sikkim has also been displayed in the Exhibition. The Exhibition includes audio-visual components which also have original audio of 16 eminent leaders of the Constituent Assembly.

The Exhibition has been organized by the Parliamentary Museum and Achieves of the Lok Sabha Secretariat in collaboration with the Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India and Sikkim Legislative Assembly.