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write short note on panchayati raj in jk

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JAMMU, Aug 18: For the first time in the history of Jammu and Kashmir, the State is now all set to have three-tier Panchayati Raj System after conduct of Panchayat elections in the State in October-December this year with plans afoot to hold polls to Block Development Councils followed by District Planning and Development Boards (DPDBs) to strengthen democracy at grass root level.

While majority of States in the country have switched over to three-tier system, which has proved very effective in giving powers at the grass root level, Jammu and Kashmir, never in the past, had held elections beyond Panchayats. Even elections to Panchayats were held in 2011 after nearly about four decades.

Sources said the Block Development Councils and DPDBs will have massive powers pertaining to developmental works. Once constituted, the DPDBs were likely to replace the District Development Boards (DDBs). The persons elected from the grass root level in the Panchayat elections will take over the posts of the chairpersons of the Block Development Councils and District Planning and Development Boards and will have massive say in developmental works of their areas.

Sources recalled that it was in November 2012 that then Omar Abdullah led National Conference-Congress coalition Government had initiated the exercise to hold elections to the Block Development Councils for the first time in history of the State. While the process was on, senior Congress leader and then Union Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad had objected to holding of elections without reservation of seats in the Councils. In view of the objections, the process was shelved and it was never initiated again even as the Panchayats completed their five-year term in July 2016.

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The Panchayat raj is a South Asian political system found mainly in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago[1][2][3][4], and Nepal. It is the oldest system of local government in South Asia, and historical mentions date to the c. 250 AD period.[5] The word raj means "rule" and panchayat means "assembly" (ayat) of five (panch). Traditionally panchayats consisted of wise and respected elders chosen and accepted by the local community. However, there were varying forms of such assemblies. Traditionally, these assemblies settled disputes between individuals and between villages.

The leader of the panchayat was often called the mukhiya or sarpanch, an elected or generally acknowledged position. The modern panchayati raj of India and its gram panchayats are not to be confused with either the traditional system nor with the extra-constitutional khap panchayats (or caste panchayats) found in northern India.[6]

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