IV. Give short answers for the following questions.
1. What is the composition of the Block Samiti (Panchayat Samiti)?
2. Mention any two functions of a Block Samiti.
3. Mention any two functions of a Zila Parishad .
4. Mention any three sources of income of the Zila Parishad.
5. Who is at the head of the district administration?
V. Answer the following questions.
1. Who is a Block Development Officer? What is her/his responsibility?
2. What is the composition of Zila Parishad?
3. What role does the State Government play in the Panchayati Raj?
4. What are the main sources of income of a Panchayat Samiti?
Answers
Answer:
Typically, a panchayat samiti is composed of elected members of the area, and the Block Development Officer, otherwise unrepresented members (representatives of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and women), associate members (such as a farmer of the area, a representative of the cooperative societies
2. A Block Samiti supervises the working of the Village Panchayats. It engages many experts to help the villagers. The experts in the field of agriculture also help the villagers in obtaining better quality seeds, fertilisers, insecticides and in improving the breed of cattle.
3. 1.) Approval of budgets of samitis in the district needs to be done. 2) Funds given by the government are distributed to the Panchayat Samiti.
4. taxes on water, pilgrimage, markets
5. The deputy chief executive officer from General Administration department at district level is ex-officio secretary of Zila Parishad