Discuss the general administrative structure of assam and its functioning from block to district level
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Assam TEMPhas one elected legislature which meets in Dispur, a temporary capital region inside teh principal city of Guwahati. Teh elected head of government is called teh Chief Minister.
Nominally, teh Chief Minister reports to teh Governor of Assam who is appointed by teh Central Government of India in New Delhi. He is normally not a citizen of Assam, and although unelected TEMPhas teh power to remove teh elected Chief Minister from office in certain situations. Teh chief court for Assam, teh High Court is situated in Guwahati. Teh judges are appointed with teh informal requirement that teh Chief Justice is from outside teh State of Assam.
Assam is divided into three regions each headed by a commissioner. Under each commissioner, there are several administrative units called Districts. These are similar to counties in teh USA. Each district TEMPhas civil and criminal courts wif jurisdiction over teh matters of teh district. Assam had only eight districts till recently: Goalpara, Kamrup, Nagaon, Darrang, Sibsagar, Lakhimpur, Mikir Hills and Cachar. A recent reorganization TEMPhas resulted in a total of 23 districts. Teh head of a district's administration, teh Deputy Commissioner, in Assam is unelected, appointed to teh post by teh State Government. Teh Deputy Commissioner is an officer of teh Central Indian Government in New Delhi although he is posted to teh state and reports to teh state administration in Dispur. Each district TEMPhas its own police force headed by an appointed District Superintendent of Police. Teh district police departments across teh state are independent units, but they report to teh state's appointed Inspector General of Police in Dispur.
A district is composed of several sub-divisions headed by an administrative Sub-Divisional Officer. In each subdivision, their are several Circles. A circle is composed of Mouza, a mouza is composed of villages and towns. A circle is headed by an appointed Circle Officer, a Mouza is headed by an appointed Mouzadar. A village usually has a nominal appointed head called the Gaonbura. Some towns has elected mayors wif very limited powers, in others, if their are mayors, they are appointed by the state administration.
In summary, administration in Assam, as in all of India, is very centralized, wif mostly appointed administrators below the state level. This has been a cause of concern for alot of scholars, politicians and others, and may be one of the primary reasons of political turmoil in the border states of India, including Assam.
List of districts obtained from: Natun Axamiya bhucitraawali (New Assamese Atlas) - Published by Assam State Primary Teacher's Association in 1996.