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Some of the important functions of a Village Panchayat are: a) Construction, repair and maintenance of all village roads. b) Extension of village sites and the regulation of buildings. c) Lighting of public roads and public places in built-up areas.
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Village Panchayats
There are 12,620 Village Panchayats in the State spread across the 30 districts and the 385 Blocks. The average number of Village Panchayats per district is 421 and per Block is 32. The Nilgiris (35), Kanniyakumari (99), Theni (130) and Karur (158) are some of the districts with fewer Village Panchayats while Villupuram (1104), Tiruvannamalai (860), Vellore (753), Cuddalore (683) and Kancheepuram (648) are some of the districts with a large number of Village Panchayats. As can be seen from Table 5, the population of Village Panchayats in Tamil Nadu is widely varying with some Village Panchayats having populations even below 500 while others have populations exceeding 25,000.
Functions
Sections 110 & 111 of the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994 prescribe the duties and functions of Village Panchayats. Some of the important functions of a Village Panchayat are:
a) Construction, repair and maintenance of all village roads.
b) Extension of village sites and the regulation of buildings.
c) Lighting of public roads and public places in built-up areas.
d) Construction of drains.
e) Cleaning of streets and improvement of the sanitary condition of the village.
f) Construction and maintenance of public latrines.
g) Sinking and repairing of wells, the excavation, repair and maintenance of ponds or tanks and the construction and maintenance of water-works for the supply of water.
h) Maintenance of burial and burning grounds.
i) Maintenance of parks and reading rooms,
j) Implementation of schemes such as Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) and National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS).
k) Such other duties as the Government may, by notification, impose.
Resources
The important sources of revenue for the Village Panchayat are:
a) Tax revenue:
Among the three tiers, the Village Panchayat alone has the power to levy taxes. House tax, Profession tax and Advertisement tax are the commonly levied taxes.
b) Non Tax revenue:
Licensing fees for building plan and layout approval, fees and charges on Dangerous & Offensive trades, water charges, fees on cart-stands, fishery rentals, 2C patta fees, income from markets and fairs, ferries, fines and penalties and so on.
c) Assigned and shared revenues:
These revenues include the items pooled at the State level (Local Cess, Local Cess Surcharge, Surcharge on Stamp duty and Entertainment Tax) which are released by the Director of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj to all the three tiers of the Panchayats including the Village Panchayats. Other items of Assigned and shared revenues for the Village Panchayats include the seigniorage fees (100%) and lease amount (50% share) on minor minerals and social forestry auctions amount.
d) Grants:
Central Finance Commission Grant, State Finance Commission Grant, development grants under Centrally-sponsored and State schemes.
Administrative powers
The Village Panchayat President himself has been designated as the Executive Authority. Cheques for payment have to be signed jointly by the President and Vice-President. Where the relationship between the two is not cordial, the Collector, in his capacity as Inspector of Panchayats, can designate any other member of the Village Panchayat as joint cheque signing authority along with the President.