Draft Rules for E-Swathu in Gram Panchayats to be finalised in a week: Minister Priyank Kharge
Bengaluru: Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) Minister Priyank Kharge on Monday reviewed the draft rules being prepared to roll out the e-Swathu system across gram panchayat limits in Karnataka. He suggested certain changes and directed officials to publish the draft rules within a week.
At a meeting with officials held at Vidhana Soudha, the minister discussed several aspects related to the implementation of e-Swathu, including fixation of tax rates, procedures for levying fees, taxation on buildings and land, maintenance of Form 11A, provisions under the Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Act, 2025, inclusion of new properties in the Form 11A register, appeal mechanisms, penalties, fixation of water supply and other service charges, issuance of demand notices, attachment and sale procedures, and property verification.
Revenue Department Principal Secretary Munish Moudgil, who participated in the meeting, shared several suggestions for framing the e-Swathu rules. RDPR Department Secretary Randeep and Commissioner of Panchayat Raj Dr. Arundhati Chandrashekar, along with other senior officials, were also present.
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Karnataka HC quashes BJP's defamation case against Rahul Gandhi
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday quashed the defamation proceedings initiated by the BJP against top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
The case was filed in 2023, when BJP was in power in Karnataka, following a "corruption rate card" published by the then opposition Congress to claim large scale irregularities prevailing in the state under the saffron party's rule.
Along with Gandhi, now Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, the BJP had accused the then Karnataka LoP Siddaramaiah and Congress state president D K Shivakumar.
Presently Siddaramaiah is the Chief Minister and Shivakumar is his deputy.
Challenging the defamation case, Gandhi had approached the High Court stating that the continuation of the case would be an abuse of law.
The bench of Justice S Sunil Dutt Yadav allowed the petition.
The complainant said that Rahul Gandhi, Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar had conspired together to defame the BJP government and made baseless allegation and insinuation.
