Departments
The most common departments found in a panchayat samiti are:
- Administration
- Finance
- Public works (especially water and roads)
- Agriculture
- Health
- Education
- Social welfare
- Information Technology
Each department in a panchayat samiti has its own officer, most often these are state government employees acting as extension officers, but occasionally in more revenue-rich panchayat samiti, these may be local employees. A government appointed block development officer (BDO) is the supervisor of the extension officers, and executive officer to the panchayat samiti and becomes, in effect, its administrative chief over all operations.
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