Question

What are the main sources of income of a Panchyat Samiti?​

Answer 1

ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀɴᴄʜᴀʏᴀᴛ sᴀᴍɪᴛɪ ᴄᴏᴍᴇs ғʀᴏᴍ ғᴏᴜʀ sᴏᴜʀᴄᴇs:

• ᴛᴀxᴇs ʟᴇᴠɪᴇᴅ ᴜᴘᴏɴ ʟᴀɴᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴜsᴀɢᴇ, ᴘʀᴏғᴇssɪᴏɴᴀʟ ᴛᴀxᴇs, ʟɪǫᴜᴏʀ ᴛᴀxᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀs.

• ɪɴᴄᴏᴍᴇ ɢᴇɴᴇʀᴀᴛɪɴɢ ᴘʀᴏɢʀᴀᴍᴍᴇs.

• ɢʀᴀɴᴛs-ɪɴ-ᴀɪᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴏᴀɴs ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴀᴛᴇ ɢᴏᴠᴇʀɴᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏᴄᴀʟ ᴢɪʟᴀ ᴘᴀʀɪsʜᴀᴅ.

• ᴠᴏʟᴜɴᴛᴀʀʏ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀɪʙᴜᴛɪᴏɴs.

Answer 2

Answer:

The income of the panchayat samiti comes from four sources:

• taxes levied upon land and water usage, professional taxes, liquor taxes and others.
• income generating programmes.
• grants-in-aid and loans from the State Government and the local zila parishad.
• voluntary contributions.