Gandhinagar, Aug. 1 -- The Gujarat government has replaced its dual-track taluka planning system with a single 18-member Unified Taluka Planning Committee (UTPC).

Acting on the Fourth Report of the Gujarat Administrative Reforms Commission, the CM Bhupendra Patel-led government merged the existing Taluka Planning Committee and the Aapno Taluko-Vibrant Taluko (ATVT) executive bodies to simplify administrative procedures across the state.

The decision is aimed at making taluka-level development planning more systematic, coordinated, and result-oriented.

In its Fourth Report submitted in August 2025, the Gujarat Administrative Reforms Commission (GARC) observed that multiple taluka-level committees held separate meetings for different dec...