Rajasthan woman Sarpanch highlights rural innovations at BRICS Ministerial Meeting
Neeru Yadav, a Sarpanch from Rajasthan, presented rural development and women's leadership models at the BRICS Women’s Ministerial Meeting in Kochi. Her participation highlighted the success of India's panchayat system in fostering grassroots innovation.
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This highlights the growing international interest in decentralized, community-led development models and the role of women in rural governance.
Distinguished woman Sarpanch Neeru Yadav from Lambi Ahir in Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu district highlighted rural innovations, women’s leadership and panchayat-based development model before delegates from multiple countries at BRICS Women’s Ministerial Meeting-2026 in Kochi, Kerala, earlier this month.
Selected by the Ministry of Women and Child Development and U.N. Women India, Ms. Yadav, 36, represented the country at the global event, held on July 8 and 9 under India’s presidency, as a grassroots woman representative and panelist. She threw light on her “village to global” journey on the occasion.
The young Sarpanch is known in Rajasthan’s Shekhawati region for her initiatives in the domains of farming, agricultural marketing, skill development, health and nutrition and women’s sports. Elected the Sarpanch of Lambi Ahir, falling in Buhana tehsil, in October 2020, she has been contributing her salary for the cause of the girl child.
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