Question

explain the composition of the local government at the rural and urban level of india

Answer 1

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Structure of rural local government
Rural local government is called the Panchayati Raj, wherein each village or a group of villages have a gram panchayat. This is a council that has several ward members called panch, including a president called sarpanch. They are elected directly by the adult population of their specific village.


Structure of urban local government

Urban local government is called a Municipality, which operates in towns and Municipal corporation operates in big cities. A Municipal chairperson is teh head of municipality and a mayor is the head of municipal corporation.

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Answer 2

Answer:

a) rural local government

Rural local government is popularly known by the name panchayati raj. Each village, or a group of

villages in some States, has a gram panchayat. This is a council consisting of several ward members,

often called panch, and a president or sarpanch. They are directly elected by all the adult population

living in that ward Decentralisation in India Federalism 25 or village. It is the decision-making body for

the entire village. The panchayat works under the overall supervision of the gram sabha. All the voters

in the village are its members. It has to meet at least twice or thrice in a year to approve the annual

budget of the gram panchayat and to review the performance of the gram panchayat. The local

government structure goes right up to the district level. A few gram panchayats are grouped together to

form what is usually called a panchayat samiti or block or mandal. The members of this representative

body are elected by all the panchyat members in that area. All the panchayat samitis or mandals in a

district together constitute the zilla (district) parishad. Most members of the zilla parishad are elected.

Members of the Lok Sabha and MLAs of that district and some other officials of other district level

bodies are also its members. Zilla parishad chairperson is the political head of the zilla parishad.

b) urban local government

Similarly, local government bodies exist for urban areas as well. Municipalities are set up in towns. Big

cities are constituted into municipal corporations. Both municipalities and municipal corporations are

controlled by elected bodies consisting of people’s representatives. Municipal chairperson is the

political head of the municipality. In a municipal corporation such an officer is called the mayor.