Question

Recent Bengal Election how its effect on panchyti raj

Answer 1

The glamouring light of Swaraj is gradually spreading to every villege. Panchayat Raj is an interconnected and interdependent pattern of democracy, a system of sharing powers and responsibilities with the people. The study has examined the role of Panchyati leadership in realizing the objectives of West Bengal Panchayati Act 1994 , with special reference to democratic decentralizaion , modernization , decision-making , and political linkage. A brief discussion has been made on Structure and Development of Panchyati Raj . The village community in ancient India - the Panchayat system- is the pro-type of all form of Self-Government and democracy that have ever been evolved in various parts of the world. In a vast agrarian country, like India, some healthy institution is necessary to work tor administrative, economic and social development to the people living in widespread villages. Panchayat Raj provided a system of self-governance at the village level or grass-roots level. It is a complex unit of Local Self Government consisted of the popular representatives and exercising the function or co-ordination and possessing a degree of autonomy. The institution of Panchayati Raj has been the main pillar of rural social structure from the ancient period. In India, the Panchayati Raj generally refers to the system introduced by the constitutional amendment in 1992, although it is based upon the traditional panchayat system of South Asia. The modern Panchayati Raj and its Gram Panchayats are not to be confused with the extra-constitutional Khap Panchayats (or Caste Panchayats) found in northern India. Mahatma Gandhi advocated Panchayati Raj as the foundation of India's political system, as a decentralized form of government in which each village would be responsible for its own affairs. In India, the Panchayati Raj now functions as a system of governance in which gram panchayats are the basic units of local administration. The system has three levels: Gram Panchayat (village level), Mandal Parishad or Block Samiti or Panchayat Samiti (block level), and Zilla Parishad (district level). It was formalized in 1992 by the 73rd amendment to the Indian Constitution. The primary object is to desire to study the role of Panchayati Raj System (PRIs) relation to formation, grading and federation of SHGs at Block level where most of such activities are centered