A Cabinet sub-committee comprising Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema and Minister for NRI Affairs Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal directed the Department of Rural Development and Panchayats to conduct of all the panchayats by December 2023 and make the report public.
The Cabinet sub-committee gave these directions during a meeting with the Khet Mazdoor Union and asked the department to make videography mandatory at the time of bidding of panchayat land.
The ministers ordered to form a three-member committee under the Leadership of Joint Development Commissioner Amit Kumar to investigate matters related to bidding of panchayat land in Patiala and other districts for the Scheduled Castes (SCs). This committee has been asked to submit its report within 15 days.
The Cabinet sub-committee also instructed the ADCs (Development) to resolve the pending complaints related to the SCs at the earliest.