September 2009

Vested interests constantly undermine panchayats
BIG BOSS | secretary, ministry of panchayati raj | anp sinha
THE betterment of rural life is the favourite subject of ANP Sinha, the Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, who still has two-and-ahalf years of service left. In 1987 he went to the UK for advanced training in social planning. Sinha was brought up mostly by his mother as his father was a busy man, working in the education department. Sinha studied at Netarhat Public School. By the time he graduated, Bihar was afire with the JP movement. He appeared for the IAS examination and cleared it in his first attempt.