- 1952: Community Development Plan, to bring rural development
- led by District Administration
Important Notes
Duration
- normal: 5yr
- new election before end of tenure
- if dissolved, election must be completed within 6 months
- if remainder period 6mo, new panchayat tenure will be remainder of existing panchayat
- if 6mo, then full 5yr tenure
State Finance Commission
- Article 243I
- for 5yrs by Governor of state
- taxes, etc collected by state may be distributed to panchayat
- report of State Finance Commission along with Action Taken Report of govt has to be tabled in State Legislature
Exceptions to application
Panchayati Raj Provisions won’t apply to
- Schedule V areas
- Schedule VI areas
- Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya
- Parts of Manipur
- District level panchayat of Darjeeling
- Reservation for SC not in Arunachal Pradesh
Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act 1996: provisions related to panchayats in a modified manner have been extended to scheduled areas.