Srinagar, Aug. 1 -- The Union Ministry of Panchayati Raj has issued an advisory to Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh Union Territories in December 2024 to take steps for holding Panchayat elections, a report tabled in Parliament has revealed.

In its report tabled in both Houses of Parliament on July 28, 2025, the department-related standing committee on Rural Development and Panchayati Raj revealed that the ministry had issued an advisory to different States and Union Territories including J&K and Ladakh to take steps to hold Panchayat elections.

The report said that the Ministry has issued advisories to the States/UTs, where election is due, to take all possible steps to hold the delayed Panchayat elections in conformity with the Constitution...