Question

Write down the composition and function of gram panchayat

Answer 1

composition of Gram Sabha:

It consists of all the eligible voters living in the area of a Gram Panchayat, which extends over a village or a group of villages.

The grama Sabha is now recognized as a statutory body in all States. In some States the Panchayat Acts provide for giving membership of Gram Sabha to all the adults living the panchayat area.
Functions of Gram Sabha:

The main work allocated to the Gram Sabha are the consideration of the annual statement of accounts, and auditing report of the Gram Panchayat, the administrative report of the preceding year, the programme of work for the ensuing year, the taxation proposals and any other specific scheme of a developmental nature involving community service, and voluntary labour.