7-472: Parali Grama panchayat is a gram panchayat in the Palakkad district , state of Kerala , India . It is a local government organization that serves the villages of Parli-I and Parli-II . This article related to a location in Palakkad district , Kerala , India is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Gram panchayat Gram Panchayat ( transl. 'village council' )
14-521: Is a basic governing institution in Indian villages. It is a political institution, acting as the cabinet of a village or group of villages. The Gram Sabha works as the general body of the Gram Panchayat. The members of the gram panchayat are elected directly by the people. The gram panchayat is headed by an elected President and Vice President, assisted by a Secretary who serves as the administrative head of
21-464: Is divided into wards, and people in each ward vote for their representative. These elected members, along with the president ( sarpanch ) and vice president, form the Gram Panchayat. The president (sarpanch) and vice president (upa-sarpanch) in a gram Panchayat are elected from among the elected ward members. the term of office for elected members in a Gram Panchayat, including the Sarpanch and Upa-Sarpanch,
28-468: The first village where Gram Panchayat was established, on 2 October 1959. In 1992, the institution of Gram Panchayat was modified in order to deepen democracy. The 73rd Amendment to the Constitution re-introduced panchayats as the institutions of local self-governance, with a basic structure for operations at three administrative levels; villages, groups of villages and districts. Gram Panchayats are at
35-402: The lowest level of Panchayat Raj institutions (PRIs), whose legal authority is the 73rd Constitutional Amendment of 1992, which is concerned with rural local governments. The Gram Panchayat is divided into wards and each ward is represented by a Ward Member or Commissioner, also referred to as a Panch or Panchayat Member, who is directly elected by the villagers. The Panchayat is chaired by
42-641: The panchayat. The president of a gram panchayat is known as a "Pradhan" or " Sarpanch " in Northern India . There are about 250,000 gram panchayats present in India. Established in various states of India, the Panchayat Raj system has three tiers: Zila Parishad , at the district level; Panchayat Samiti , at the block level; and Gram Panchayat, at the village level. Rajasthan was the first state to establish Gram Panchayat, Bagdari Village, Nagaur District being
49-594: The president of the village, known as a Sarpanch . The term of the elected representatives is five years. The Secretary of the Panchayat is a non-elected representative, appointed by the state government, to oversee Panchayat activities. According to Section. 6 (3) of the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act of 1994 , that state's gram sabha has to conduct a meeting at least twice a year. Gram Panchayat elections in India occur every five years. The village
#840159