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  2. Panchayati raj in India - Wikipedia

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    Membership in the block panchayat is mostly ex-official; it is composed of: all of the Sarpanchas (gram panchayat chairmen) in the Panchayat Samiti area, the MPs and MLAs of the area, the Sub-District Officer (SDO) of the sub-division, co-opt members (representatives of the SCs, STs and women), associate members (a farmer from the area, a ...

  3. Ministry of Panchayati Raj - Wikipedia

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    e- Panchayat is one of the Mission Mode Project (MMP), currently being implemented with a vision to empower and transform rural India. As a first step towards formulating the project, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj constituted an Expert Group in June, 2007 under the Chairmanship of Dr. B.K. Gairola, Director General, NIC, Government of India.

  4. Panchayati raj - Wikipedia

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    The Panchayat raj is a political system originating from the Indian subcontinent, primarily found in India and neighboring countries Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. [1] It is one of the oldest systems of local government in the Indian subcontinent, with historical mentions dating back to around 250 CE. [ 2 ]

  5. Gram panchayat - Wikipedia

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    The members of the gram panchayat are elected directly by the people. The gram panchayat is headed by an elected President and Vice President, assisted by a Secretary who serves as the administrative head of the panchayat. The president of a gram panchayat is known as a "Pradhan" or "Sarpanch" in Northern India. There are about 250,000 gram ...

  6. Local government in India - Wikipedia

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    Panchayat Samiti or Mandal Parishad or Block Panchayat or Taluk Panchayat at Community Development Block or Mandal or Taluk level and; Zila Parishad/District Panchayat at district level. [18] The panchayati raj system is a three-tier system with elected bodies at the village, taluk and district levels.

  7. Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (Tamil Nadu)

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    [1] [2] The department is responsible for the implementation of rural development and welfare schemes and facilitates Panchayat administration in the rural. [3] The department is responsible for implementing programmes to reach the localisation sustainable development goals by 2030 as laid down by United Nations .

  8. District council (India) - Wikipedia

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    The Zila Panchayat or District Development Council or Zilla Parishad or District Panchayat or is the third tier of the Panchayati Raj system and functions at the district levels in all states. A Zila Parishad is an elected body representing the entire rural area of a district. A District Panchayat is headed by a President, who is an elected member.

  9. Department of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development (Telangana)

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    epanchayat.telangana.gov.in /cs Department of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development is a cabinet level ministerial post in the Government of Telangana . First held on 16 December 2014, this ministry has one of the important portfolios in the cabinet of the state.