With the Cabinet giving clearance for the draft amendments to the Kerala Local Self-Government Institutions Rules and other related rules for the formation of the Local Self-Government department common service, a pro-people common service has become a reality, Minister for Local Self-Governments M.V. Govindan said here on Thursday.
He said the merger would make the functioning of the local self-government institutions more efficient and would help in better coordination of local planning and development activities, which were now happening at different levels.
The five departments of Panchayats, Urban Affairs, Rural Development, Town and Country Planning and Local Self-Fovernment Department Engineering have been merged to form the common service.
