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e Panchayati Raj is best suited for, , the development and administrative, needs of rural mass., , gives villagers @ chance to actually, participate in decision-making, process., , Social and economic justice can bé, best achieved? if local people are a, part of the governing body., , Panchayati Raj gives adequate, , their heal affairs., °s helps them gain experience in, ™~ ‘administration., , e It helps them become more skilful in, dealing with natural calamities like, _ Earthquakes, tSunamis, floods, etc., , ethe villagers jéarn to cooperate, ~~ and work together to solve their, , problems: ., , king of Panchayati Raj, , Ta 24 April, 1993, a law came into force, Which made it compulsory for all States, with a population of more than — : y, 5 Have a Three-Tier system of Panchay e, 2 “y Constitutional status was given, , training to the people in managing, , the Panchay, , dai. ati Raj institutions syste, , al democtacy was created at:, , _9— The Village level called the gram, Panchayat. ~ 7, , *" Phe block level called the panchayat, samiti, (consisting of 10-20 Gram, Panchayat., , ie District Level called the Zilla, Parishad, consisting of 4-10 block8, or Panchayat samiti., , ine Grae Dn din, ne Gram Panchavat, 5, , The village panchayat consists of:, () The Gram Sabhaj"to which all adults, of the village belong., , ii) Ge Gram Panchayat, which is a small, committee elected by the members, , of the Gram Sabha) The number of, members of the Gram Panchayat differs, from State to State. "Each panchayat, is headed by a Sarpanch or Pradhan., The panchayat secretary appointed, by the government maintains records, and registers of the work done by the, panchayat. Seats are’ reserved for, members of scheduled castes, and, scheduled tribes. One-third of the, seats have been reserved for women. ©, , The Nyaya Panchayat, or the village, court. t#provides spéédy justice to the, villagers: It has more, than one village, under its control. Nyaya Panchayats, deal with minor cases like petty thefts, and only have the power to impose, fines. They cannot send an offender to, jail. Nyaya panchayats render valuable, service by extending cheap and quick, justice to the villagers. :, , She Functions of the Gram Panchyat, , The Gram Panchayat performs various, , functions! Itis responsible for the, , ¢ ‘Cénstruction and repair of village, roads., , e ‘Provision of electricity and street, lighting:, Z % 215 AAA, , OE