What are the differences between Gram sabha and Gram Panchayat?
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Gram Sabha is the legislative body that operates at the village level. It is a permanent body. It is a temporary body. The gram panchayat consists of ward members and sarpanch.
A Gram Sabha is a meeting of all adults who live in the area covered by a Panchayat. Gram Sabha elects the members of the Gram Panchayat. The Gram Panchayat has a Secretary who is also the Secretary of the Gram Sabha. This person is not an elected person but is appointed by the government.
A gram panchayat is the cornerstone of a local self-government organisation in India of the panchayati raj system at the village or small town level and has a sarpanch as its elected head. The panchayat samiti is elected for a term of five years and is headed by a chairman and a deputy chairman.
Gram Panchayat is the lower element of the Panchayati Raj that functions at the village level with the welfare and development of the village in mind
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Gram Sabha is the legislative body that operates at the village level and takes into account the annual budget and audit reports of the Gram Panchayat