Indian Polity Notes : A complete study material for competitive exams

 Panchayati Raj Institutions  PRIs are the generic terms for governing body at the block level. i.e. we can say, at any village level. It is generally the most closest form of direct democracy and also some time termed as DIRECT DEMOCRACY. The reason is that, we cannot go to Chief Minister or Prime Minister for any general problem but the Gram Sabha, which provides the foundation of Panchayati Raj Institutions, creats a stage where we can participate directly and solve that problem. [ 🔸GRAM SABHA : Gram sabha is a body along with all the men women registered inside the electoral rolls refering to a village comprised inside the region of panchayat on the village degree. Due to the fact that all human registered in electoral rolls are contributors of Gram Sabha, there are not any elected representatives. In addition Gram Sabha is the only everlasting unit in panchayati raj device and are not constituted for a particular duration.  ] It provides us 3-tier governance system ...

Local government in India: Local government in India refers to governmental jurisdiction below the level of state. India is a federal republic with three spheres of government:  central, state and local. The 73rd and 74th constitutional amendments give recognition and protection of Local Government and in addition each state has its own local government legislation. As per 2017, there are total of 267,428 Local Government bodies, of which 262,771 are rural and 4657 urban. Of the rural local governments, 632 are zila parishad at district level, 6,672 are panchayat samiti at the block level and 255,466 are gram panchayats at the village level. Following the 2013 local elections, 37.1% of councillors were women, and 16.3% of total government expenditure. It is generally the government of the village and district level and is the government closest to the common people that involves in day to day life and attempt to resolve problems of ordinary citizens. Let's look at the hierarchy of ...