Panchayati Raj - District Level Panchayat

District Level Panchayat

The governing system at district level in Panchayat Raj is also popularly known as "Zila Parishad". Chief of administration is an officer from IAS cadre.

Functions:

  1. Provide essential services and facilities to the rural population
  2. Supply improved seeds to farmers. Inform them of new farming techniques
  3. Set up and run schools and libraries in the rural areas
  4. Start Primary Health Centers and hospitals in villages. Start vaccination drives against epidemics
  5. Execute plans for the development of the scheduled castes and tribes. Run ashramshalas for adivasi children. Set up free hostels for them
  6. Encourage entrepreneurs to start small-scale industries and implement rural employment schemes
  7. Construct bridges, roads & other public facilities and their maintenance
  8. Provide employment

Sources of Income:

  1. Taxes on water, pilgrimage, markets, etc.
  2. Fixed grant from the State Government in proportion with the land revenue and money for works and schemes assigned to the Parishad.

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