
EV charging on Panchayat land: Centre signs MoU at People's Plan Campaign workshop
Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh urged all stakeholders to help build "Atmanirbhar" and "Viksit" Panchayats at a workshop of 400 participants.
Union Minister of Panchayati Raj Rajiv Ranjan Singh (Lalan Singh) called on all stakeholders to work towards self-reliant ("Atmanirbhar") and developed ("Viksit") Panchayats at the national workshop on the People's Plan Campaign 2026-27 in New Delhi on October 30.
More than 400 participants from across the country attended the workshop, where the campaign booklet was released in English and Hindi.
The Ministry of Panchayati Raj also signed a memorandum of understanding with Convergence Energy Services Limited, a subsidiary of EESL under the Ministry of Power, to set up electric-vehicle charging and battery-swapping stations on Panchayat land across the country.
Source: Press Information Bureau (PIB), Government of India. Photo: PIB.