Panchayat samiti

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Panchayat samiti or block panchayat is a rural local government (panchayat) body at the intermediate block level or tehsil (taluka/mandal) level in India. It works for the villages of the block that together are called a development block. It has been said to be the "panchayat of panchayats". The 73rd Amendment defines the levels of panchayati raj institution as : District level Intermediate level Base level The panchayat samiti is the link between the gram panchayat (village council) and the zila parishad (district council). The name varies across states: mandal parishad in Andhra Pradesh, taluka panchayat in Gujarat, mandal panchayat or taluk panchayat in Karnataka, block panchayat in Kerala, panchayat union in Tamil Nadu, janpad panchayat in Madhya Pradesh, Panchayat Samiti in Rajasthan, anchalik panchayat in Assam. In India, local self-government bodies exist at the intermediary level and are known by different names in different states. For example, in Kerala, they are called "block...

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