Panchayati Raj
It came into existence by 73rd Constitutional amendment act during Prime minister ship of P.V Narsimha Rao in 1992. It is included under Schedule 11.
Originally Indian constitution had 8 schedules.
First Panchayat was constituted in Nagaur district of Rajasthan in 1959.
Panchayat existed before 73rd amendment but they did not have constitutional status and it was voluntary for states to have them or not to have them. Various Committees related to Local self Government are:
B.R Mehta. Ashok Mehta. GVK rao. Dantwala. Hanumantha Rao. L.M Singhvi. Manishankar aiyyar. All registered voters of village are members of Gram Sabha.
Panchayats have three tier structure, i.e. Village Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti at Block level, Zila Parishad at District Level. States having less than 20 lakh population can opt for two tier structure by doing away with middle tier, i.e. Block level panchayat. All members of Panchayats at all levels are elected directly.
At least 1/3rd reservation for women, states are free to…
