Panchayti Raj

Panchayti Raj

by Abdul Shafeek

​Gram panchayat

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• Refers to a council of elected members who look after the social and economic and cultural needs

• ​ Gram panchayat can be set up - Population of more than 600 people

• ​ If it is less, two or more villages are clubbed

Poll

Which type of Government you like

• Democracy

• Monarchy

​Members

• ​Elected directly from the members of the Gram sabha​

• ​President is known as Sarpanch

• ​Other members are known as panch

​Sarpanch

• ​Selected from among the members of panchayat

• ​He/she presides the meetings and supervises the work

• ​implements the development work

• ​Deputy sarpanch is also elected to_______

• ​Term is 5 years

Open Ended

What do you know about the Gram panchayat. Write at least one point.

​Secretary

​Gram Panchayat has a secretary who is also the secretary of the Gram sabha

​Appointed by the government

​Duty - To record and register the work done by the panchayat

​To prepare the budjet

​Advices the villagers in matters of health, farming, village dvpt and education

Open Ended

Write any o function of the Secretary

​What are the functions of Gram Panchayt?

​ Refer Page number 222

​Write down your points in short

​Sources Of Income

​Need money to do the functions

​One source is from the grants from the state and zila parishad...

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​What about the other way?

Multiple Choice

Term of a ward member

• 5

• 15

• 1

• 6

Multiple Choice

The elected representatives of the Panchayat are answerable to___

• Government

• People

• President

• Secretary

Multiple Choice

What is the literal meaning of 'Yat' in panchayat

• People

• 5

• local government

• Assembly

​Reservation of Seats

​Some seats are reserved for women, SC & ST

​Besides these, reserved some seats for OBC's

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One-third of the seats reserved for women

​Nyaya panchayat

​They listen to petty cases like minor thefts, trespassing and other small cases

​What is the Advantage?

​Thus, the whole idea of the Panchayati raj is to encourage the people's participation

​Ministry of Gram Panchayat organizes awards for the best panchayat

Multiple Choice

Nyaya panchayat can impose fines up to

• 5

• 100

• 600

• 1000

Poll

Nyaya panchayat can send someone to jail

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Name of the award for the best Panchayat

• Panchayat Puraskar

• Village Award

• Nirma Gram Puraskar

• Grama Puraskar

​Case study

​Read the case study on Page No. 224

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​Analyze you findings