Write short notes on the following:
a. Gram Panchayat
b. Gram Sabha
c. Panchayat Samiti
d. Zilla Parishad
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(A) Gram Panchayat is the lowest level of the local self-government organisation formed at a village level. It consist of elected members. ... In short, it looks after the administration of a village.
(B) The Gram Sabha is a meeting of all adults who live in the area covered by a Panchayat. Anyone who is 18 years old or more and who has the right to vote is a member of the Gram Sabha.
(C) The Panchayati Raj System is a process through which people participate in their own government. The Panchayati Raj System is the first tier or level of democratic government. It extends to two other levels. One is the Block level, which is called the Janpad Panchayat or the Panchayat Samiti.
(D) All the Panchayat Samitis or mandals in a district together constitute the Zila Parishad. Most members of the Zila Parishad are elected. Members of the Lok Sabha and MLA's of that district and some of the officials of other district level bodies are also its members.
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1) Gram Panchayat (English: Village council) is a basic village governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute. It acts as cabinet of the village. The gram-Sabha work as the general body of Gram Panchayat. The members of the Gram panchayat are elected by the Gram Sabha.[3]
2) The Gram Sabha is a meeting of all adults who live in the area covered by a Panchayat. This could be only one village or a few villages. In some states, a village meeting is held for each village. Anyone who is 18 years old or more and who has the right to vote is a member of the Gram Sabha.
3) Panchayat samiti is a rural local government (panchayat) body at the intermediate tehsil (taluka/mandal) level in India. It works for the villages of the tehsil that together are called a development block. It has been said to be the "panchayat of panchayats".[1]
The 73rd Amendment defines the levels of panchayati raj institution as :[2]
District (or apex) level
Intermediate level
Base level
The panchayat samiti is the link between the gram panchayat (village council) and the zila parishad (district board).[3] The name varies across states: mandal parishad in Andhra Pradesh, taluka panchayat in Gujarat, and mandal panchayat in Karnataka.
4) Zilla Parishad is a local government body at the district level in India. It looks after the administration of the rural area of the district and its office is located at the district headquarters.