panchyat poll
TRANSCRIPT
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
