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A gram panchayat (village council) is the only grassroots-level of panchayati raj formalised local self-governance system in India at the village or small-town level, and has a sarpanch as its elected head.[1]


The failed attempts to deal with local matters at the national level caused, in 1992, the reintroduction of panchayats for their previously used purpose as an organisation for local self-governance.[1] There are about 250,000 gram panchayats in India,[2][3] that are being gigabit-broadband enabled under the BharatNet and Digital India initiative.[4][5][6]




Contents





  • 1 Structure

    • 1.1 Meetings



  • 2 See also


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links




Structure[edit]


Gram panchayats are panchayats at base level in panchayat raj institutions (or PRIs), governed by the 73rd Constitutional Amendment, which is concerned with rural local governments.[7]


  • Panchayat at District (or apex) Level

  • Panchayat at Intermediate Level

  • Panchayat at Base Level

The gram panchayat is divided into wards and each ward is represented by a Ward Member or Commissioner, also referred to as a Panch or Panchayat Member, who is directly elected by the villagers.[8] The panchayat is chaired by the president of the village, known as a Sarpanch. The term of the elected representatives is five years. The Secretary of the panchayat is a non-elected representative, appointed by the state government, to oversee panchayat activities.[9]


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Republic of India
StatesUnion Territories
Divisions
Districts

Blocks
(Tehsils/Talukas)

Municipal Corporations
(Maha-Nagar-Palika)

Municipalities
(Nagar-Palika)

City Councils
(Nagar-Panchayat)
Villages
(Gram/Gaon)
Wards


Meetings[edit]


According to Section. 6 (3) of the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act of 1994, that state's gram sabha has to conduct a meeting at least twice a year.[10]



See also[edit]


  • Khap

  • Lambardar

  • Panchayati raj

  • Zaildar


References[edit]




  1. ^ ab Sapra, Ipsita (February 2013). "Living in the villages". Rural Democracy. D+C Development and Cooperation. Retrieved 24 April 2015. 


  2. ^ Chaturvedi, Mahesh Chandra (2012). India's waters. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. p. 74. ISBN 978-1439872833. Retrieved 14 July 2015. 


  3. ^ "GROUND RULES". Scroll.in. Retrieved 14 July 2015. 


  4. ^ "Only ‘Made in India’ equipment for BharatNet: Govt.", The Hindu, 12 November 2017.


  5. ^ "Govt to launch second phase of BharatNet, to connect 1.5 lakh panchayats with internet.", The News Minute, 13 November 2017.


  6. ^ "BBNL may become full-blown telecom services company". Economic times. Kolkata, India. 29 October 2013. 


  7. ^ Benoy Banerjee; Irfaan Khan; Rajeev Kumar et al. (2006). "Chapter Eight: Local Governments". India Constitution at Work: Textbook in Political Science for Class XI. National Council of Educational Research and Training. ISBN 81-7450-550-4. Retrieved 30 January 2016. CS1 maint: Uses authors parameter (link)


  8. ^ Seetharam, Mukkavilli (1 January 1990). Citizen Participation in Rural Development. Mittal Publications. p. 34. ISBN 9788170992271. 


  9. ^ Social Science. Vk Publications. p. 117. ISBN 9788179732144. 


  10. ^ "The Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1994" (PDF). Lawsofindia.org. 2002. Section 6.(3). Retrieved 30 September 2015. 



External links[edit]



  • website of Ministry of Panchayati Raj Government of India


  • Subramaniam Vincent (28 February 2002). "Ugly duckling to swan". India Together. 

  • "Indian local governments" (Harvard University)

  • "Indian local governments" (National Backward Krishi Vidyapeeth Solapur in India)








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