A Block Samiti supervises the working of the Village Panchayats. It engages many experts to help the villagers. It arranges for expert advice, service to the panchayats for their development in agriculture, construction of roads and buildings, health and education, etc.

The Block Pramukh (president) of Panchayat samiti is a tier of the Panchayati raj system. It is a rural local government body at the Tehsil (taluka) level in India. It works for the villages of the tehsil that together are called a development block.

Mandal parishad territorial constituency (MPTC) members are directly elected by the voters, whereas the mandal president is elected by the MPTC members. The members are elected for a term of five years. The election to MPTCs is done on a party basis. The elections are conducted by the state election commission.

Functions of Zila Parishad are as under: It is responsible for giving proper advice to Gram Panchayats and Block Samitis & assist in their functioning. It acts as a connecting link between state government and bodies at the lower level. It overlooks the implementation of the Five-year plans.

Block Pramukh

Block samiti is the second tier of the Panchayati Raj institution in India. Many gram panchayats form together to form block samiti by a block level. The panchayat samiti is the link between the gram panchayat (village council) and the zila parishad.

Panchayat Samiti

District Panchayat Office, Gajapati

The sources of funds for the Gram Panchayat are: Collection of taxes on houses, market places, etc. Government scheme funds received through the various departments of the government through the Janpad and Zila Panchayats. Donations for community works etc.

Ans: The sources of funds for the Gram Panchayat are: Collection of taxes on houses, market places etc. Government scheme funds received through various departments of the government through the Janpad and Zila Panchayats. Donations for community works etc.

In India, the Panchayati Raj now functions as a system of governance in which gram panchayats are the basic units of local administration. The system has three levels: Gram Panchayat (village level), Mandal Parishad or Block Samiti or Panchayat Samiti (block level), and Zila Parishad (district level).

The Panchayat Samiti, also called the Block Samiti, is a council formed to represent a block of approximately ten villages. Council members include the leadership from each village’s council, known as the Gram Panchayat, and include the chairman, or Pradhan, and the vice-chairman, or Up-pradhan.

village level

Ranking Of Gram Panchayats

630 Zilla Panchayats

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