Question

Exlain any five features of panchayati raj system.

Answer 1

Explanation:

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===>>>Local self government at village level consists of a three tiered structure. This includes the Gram panchayat, the Panchayat Samiti and the Zilla Parishad. The urban areas have their own municipal corporations.

====>>>The Gram Panchayat looks after administration and development at village level. It is an elected body with a sarpanch as its head. The members are elected by the Gram Sabha which comprises all adult members of the village.

====>>>>The Panchayat Samiti is the body at block or taluka level. It is the link between the gram panchayat and district administration.

====>>>>The Zilla Parishad is the local government body for rural administration at the district level. It is the uppermost layer of the Panchayati Raj system.====>>>>

The functions of Panchayat bodies are as follows:

Implementing agricultural development

======>>>>Supplying drinking water

Construction and maintenance of roads

Development of cottage industries and cooperative societies

Running schools in villages

Starting Primary Health Centers

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Answer 2

Answer:

The 73rd Amendment to the Constitution enacted in 1992 added a new part-IX to the Constitution. It also added a new XI schedule containing list of 29 functional items for Panchyats and made statutory provisions for the establishment, empowerment and functioning of Panchayati Raj institutions. Some provisions of this amendment are binding on the States, while others have been left to be decided by respective State Legislatures at their discretion. The salient features of this amendment are as follows:

1 Organization of Gram Sabhas;

2 Creation of a three-tier Panchayati Raj Structure at the District (Zila), Block and Village levels;

3 Almost all posts, at all levels to be filled by direct elections;

4 Minimum age for contesting elections to the Panchayati Raj institutions be twenty one years;

5 The post of Chairman at the District and Block levels should be filled by indirect election;

6 There should be reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes in Panchayats, in proportion to their population, and for women in Panchayats up to one-third seats;

7 State Election Commission to be set up in each State to conduct elections to Panchayati Raj institutions;

8 The tenure of Panchayati Raj institutions is five years, if dissolved earlier, fresh elections to be held within six months; and

9 a State Finance Commission is to be set up in each State every five years.