Panchayats Indian Constitutiion
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Panchayats |
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The Constitution ( Seventy-Third Amendment ) Act, 1993 added provisions to the Constitution regarding Panchayats. |
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Articles 243 to 243O contain provisions regarding Panchayats. |
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Part IX of the constitution contains provisions regarding Panchayats. |
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Gram Sabha consists registered voters of village. |
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The powers and functions of Garam Sabha are provided by the law of the State.(Article 243A) |
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Panchayats shall be constituted at village level, intermediate and districtlevels. However, intermediate level panchayats may not be constituted in a state having a poplation not exceeding 20 lakhs (Article 243B) |
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All the seats in a Panchayat shall be filled by persons chosen by direct election.(Article 243C) |
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The Chairperson of a Panchayat at the village level shall be elected in the manner provided by the law of state. |
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The Chairperson of a Panchayat at the intermediate or district level shall be elected by the elected members from among them. |
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In every Panchayat seats shall be reserved for SCs and STs according to their population. |
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One-third of the seats that are reserved for SCs and STs shall be reserved for women belonging to SCs and STs. |
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One-third(includes seats reserved for SC and ST women) of the total number of seats shall be reserved for women. |
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The office of Chairperson at all levels of Panchayats shall be reserved for SCs, STs, and Women as per the law of the state.(Article 243D) |
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The duration Panchayat is 5 years from the date of its first meeting.(Article 243E) |
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The powers, authority and responsibility of Panchayats and powers to impose taxes by panchayats shall be as per the law of the state |
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As per Article 243 I the Governor of the State constitutes Finance Commission once for every five years to review financial position of the Panchayats. |
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The maintenance of accounts and audit of accounts shall be as per the law of state.(Article 243J) |
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The State Election Commission conducts elections to all panchayats. It consists State Election Commissioner appointed by the Governor.(Article 243K) |
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The provisions of this part (Part IX) also apply to Union Territories. |