Mind map illustrating the key functions, structure, and importance of Gram Panchayats in local governance.
Mind map illustrating the key functions, structure, and importance of Gram Panchayats in local governance.
Planning & Implementation
Sanitation & Water Supply
Elected Body
Gram Sabha
Local Governance
Grassroots Democracy
Lack of Funds
Social Inequalities
Planning & Implementation
Sanitation & Water Supply
Elected Body
Gram Sabha
Local Governance
Grassroots Democracy
Lack of Funds
Social Inequalities
Constituted for a village or a group of villages with a population of at least 500.
Elected body consisting of a Sarpanch (head) and Ward Members (Panchs).
Elections are held every 5 years.
Seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), and women.
Responsible for planning and implementing development programs at the village level.
Functions include sanitation, water supply, road maintenance, primary education, and healthcare.
Plays a crucial role in implementing government schemes like MGNREGA, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, and others.
Empowered to levy and collect local taxes.
Accountable to the Gram Sabha (village assembly).
Works under the supervision and guidance of higher levels of Panchayati Raj Institutions (Block Panchayat and Zilla Parishad).
Mind map illustrating the key functions, structure, and importance of Gram Panchayats in local governance.
Gram Panchayat
Constituted for a village or a group of villages with a population of at least 500.
Elected body consisting of a Sarpanch (head) and Ward Members (Panchs).
Elections are held every 5 years.
Seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), and women.
Responsible for planning and implementing development programs at the village level.
Functions include sanitation, water supply, road maintenance, primary education, and healthcare.
Plays a crucial role in implementing government schemes like MGNREGA, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, and others.
Empowered to levy and collect local taxes.
Accountable to the Gram Sabha (village assembly).
Works under the supervision and guidance of higher levels of Panchayati Raj Institutions (Block Panchayat and Zilla Parishad).
Mind map illustrating the key functions, structure, and importance of Gram Panchayats in local governance.
Gram Panchayat
