write a detailed note on block Samiti
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Block Samiti is an intermediate link between the Gram Panchayat and the Zila Parishad. It works in coordination with the two institutions. It is known by different names in different states.
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.
Block samiti (also known as block development council) ,are rural local government (Panchayat) at the intermediate level in Panchayat Raj institution (PRI) .
It has been said to be "Panchayat of Panchayat's ".
The 73rd Amendment defines the levels of Panchayati Raj institution as _
district level
Intermediate level
Base level
aThet operate at the tehsil level and govern the villages of the tehsil that together are called a development block.