what are the major functions of a collector
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Role and Power Of District Magistrate in India. The District Magistrate or the Collector is the chief executive of a district. He is responsible for running the administration of the district smoothly and properly. In fact, the district is the principal administration in India.
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Answer:
As the executive head of the district administration, the district collector has a
three-fold role, that of a district collector, deputy commissioner and district
magistrate. The district collector is the main representative of the government at
the district level.
The functions of the district collector include:
• Land and revenue administration
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• Overall supervision of law and order
• Disaster management
• Overseeing elections to the parliament, state legislatures and local bodies
• Overseeing civil supplies, public distribution and social welfare schemes
• Coordination of the activities of different agencies and departments of the state
government
• Overseeing and regulating matters relating to excise, transport, mining and labour
laws and legal affairs
• Overseeing the activities of the local self- governments With the increasing
empowerment of local government, the role of the district collector is changing.
The new role of the district collector is one of coordinator and facilitator, of
providing leadership. She/he plays an important role in the administration of the
Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti or Community Development Blocks, Zilla
Parishads and Municipal Committees and in coordinating their work.