Panchayat samiti
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Panchayat samiti or block panchayat is a rural
The 73rd Amendment defines the levels of panchayati raj institution as :[2]
- District level
- Intermediate level
- Base level
The panchayat samiti is the link between the
In India, local self-government bodies exist at intermediary level and are known by different names in different states. For example, in Kerala, they are called "block panchayats," while in other states, they may be referred to as "panchayat samiti," "mandal parishad," "taluka panchayat," "janpad panchayat," "panchayat union", or "anchalik panchayat." These bodies are responsible for providing various services to the people in their respective areas, such as sanitation, healthcare, education, and infrastructure.[4][5][6][7]
Composition
Typically, a taluka panchayat is composed of elected members of the area: the
The samiti is elected for five years and is headed by a chairman/president and deputy chairman/vice president elected by the members of the panchayat samiti.[8] One sarpanch samiti supervises the other gram panchayats. It acts as a coordinating body between district panchayat and gram panchayat.
Composition of mandal parishads
A coterminous mandal parishad is constituted for each revenue mandal. A mandal parishad is composed of:
- Mandal parishad territorial constituency members
- Members of the state legislative assemblyhaving jurisdiction over the mandal
- Members of the House of the Peoplehaving jurisdiction over the mandal
- Members of the Council of States who are voters in the mandal
- One co-opted member, belonging to minorities
Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituency (MPTC) members are directly elected by the voters, whereas the mandal president is elected by the MPTC members. The members are elected for a term of five years. The election to MPTCs is done on a party basis. The elections are conducted by the state election commission.
The sarpanch are permanent invitees to the mandal parishad meetings.
Departments
The most common departments found in a panchayat samiti are:[3]
- Administration
- Finance
- Public works (especially water and roads)
- Agriculture
- Health
- Education teacher list
- Social welfare
- Information technology
- Women & child development
- Panchayat raj (mandal praja parishad)
Each department in a panchayat samiti has its own officer. Most often these are state government employees acting as extension officers, but occasionally in more revenue-rich panchayat samiti, they may be local employees. A government-appointed Block Development Officer (BDO) is the supervisor of the extension officers and executive officer to the panchayat samiti and becomes, in effect, its administrative chief.[9]
Functions
The panchayat samiti collects all the prospective plans prepared at
Sources of income
The income of the panchayat samiti comes from:[10][11][12]
- Land and water use taxes, professional taxes, liquor taxes and others
- Income-generating programmes
- Grants-in-aid and loans from the state government and the local zila parishad
- Voluntary contributions
For many panchayat samiti, the main source of income is
References
- ISBN 978-81-8332-364-2.
The Panchayat Samiti [...] is also referred to as the Community Block and is in fact the Panchayat of Panchayats.
- ^ "National Council Of Educational Research And Training :: Home".
- ^ ISBN 978-81-203-3979-8.
- ^ "Block Panchayaths | CRD". rdd.lsgkerala.gov.in. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "Panchayat institutions in Tamilnadu".
- ^ "Panchayati Raj | Panchayat & Rural Development | Government Of Assam, India". pnrd.assam.gov.in. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- ^ "Panchayat Samiti in Maharashtra".
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- ^ a b Singh 2010, p. 264
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- ^ ISBN 978-81-7023-281-0.