Question

essay on panchayati raj system...
200 words​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Panchayats have been the backbone of the Indian villages since the beginning of the recorded history. Gandhiji s dream of every village being a republic or Panchayats having powers has been translated into reality with the introduction of three-tier Panchayati Raj system to enlist people’s participation in rural reconstruction.

24th April, 1993 was a landmark day in the history of Panchayati Raj in India as on this day the Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992 came into force to provide constitutional status to the Panchayati Raj institutions.

The salient features of the Act are as follows:

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i. To provide three-tier system of Panchayati Raj for all states having population of over 20 lakh.

ii. To hold Panchayat elections regularly for every 5 years.

iii. To provide reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and women (not less than 33 percent).

iv. To appoint State Finance Commissions to make recommendations regarding financial powers of the Panchayats.

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v. To constitute District Planning Committees to prepare draft development plan for the district as a whole.

According to the Constitution, Panchayats shall be given powers and authority to func­tion as institutions of self-government.

The powers and responsibilities to be delegated to Panchayats at the appropriate level are:

1. Preparation of plan for economic development and social justice.

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2. Implementation of schemes for economic development and social justice in re­lation to 29 subjects given in the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution.

3. Levying and collecting the appropriate taxes, duties, tolls and fees.

The 73rd Amendment Act gives constitutional status to the Gram Sabha. The provi­sions of Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 extends Panchayats to the tribal areas of eight states, namely Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and Rajasthan. This has come into force on 24th December, 1990. Except Rajasthan and Bihar, all states have passed laws to give effect to the provisions contained in the Act 40 of 1996.

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Answer 2

Panchayat Raj system is a system in which the people who live in village or the poor people who have some problems related to their work or any other problem they can say with the panchayat the village panchayat so that their problems can be solved and this is called the panchayat raj system