panchyat poll

THE PANCHAYAT POLLS

Brought to you by:

Anirban Nag

Debayan Bhowmik

Pramit Karmakar

Kishor Mondal

CONTENTS

DEFINITION HISTORY

CLASSIFICATIONS STATISTICS CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION

What is “PanchAyat” ?

A village council or local government in South Asian Political

System.

What is “Poll” ?

An election or a survey of a particular

group of people.

HISTORY

South Asian political

system

Rural Panchayat

Act(1959)

Oldest system of local

govt.

Importance of 24th

April,1993

INSIDE A POLLING BOOTH

PANCHAYAT RAJ SYSTEM

GRAM PANCHYAT

• Local Self-Government

• Elect Representatives

• Members varies from 5-31

PANCHAYAT SAMITI

• Govt. Of Tehsil level

• Link of Gram & District

• No. of Variation

• Provision for SC/ST

ZILLA PARISHAD

• Highest tier

• Govt. of District-Level

• Chief Administrator-IAS

PANCHAYAT : PROVIDING SERVICES

Water

Health Care

Transport & Communication

Tourism

Disaster Management

OPPORTUNITIES

- Involvement of people in development planning

- Resources mobilization, cash labor for local development

- Administration nearer to people

WEAKNESS• Lack of public awareness

• Rules not adequately framed

• Lack of orientation

• Intrusion from political parties

• Rigging

• Behind the scene decisions

STATISTICS

BETTERMENT POLICY

• More Security• More uniform distribution of Voter ID

• More organised polling process

• Better Infrastructure

CONCLUSION“The greater the power of the panchayats the better

for the people…”

-M.K.Gandhi

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