1. How is the Gram Panchayat formed?
2. Give any two reasons why the local self-government is important.
3. What are the functions of Nyaya Panchayat?
4. What kind of taxes can a Panchayat impose on the villagers?
5. How is the Sarpanch of a Panchayat elected?
Answers
Answer:
- Gram Panchayat is formed in the following manner: Every village Panchayat is divided into wards, i.e. smaller areas. Each ward elects a representative who is known as the Ward Member (Panch). ... The Ward Panchs and the Sarpanch form the Gram Panchayat.
2. Two advantages of having a Local
Self-Government are:
it gives an opportunity to provide foundations on which the entire democratic structure of our country can stand. ...
Local Self- Governments provide training grounds for local leadership to manage national or state affairs
3. It various functions are: It strives to solve petty criminal and civil cases, wherein the parties in dispute explain their sides to the members of the Panchayat. They have the power to impose small fines, but cannot send people to jail. Their main aim is to provide cheap and quick justic.
4. Taxes cess etc, which may be levied by village panchayat. Every village panchayat may levy in its area a 145[property tax] a profession tax, an advertisement tax and an entertainment tax.
5. A sarpanch or gram pradhan or mukhiya is a decision-maker, elected by the village-level constitutional body of local self-government called the Gram Sabha (village government) in India. The sarpanch, together with other elected panchayat members (referred to as commissioners or a panch), constitute the gram panchayat.