Panchayati raj in India

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Panchayati raj (lit. 'council of five officials') is the system of local self-government of villages in rural India as opposed to urban and suburban municipalities. It consists of the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) through which the self-government of villages is realized. They are tasked with "economic development, strengthening social justice and implementation of Central and State Government Schemes including those 29 subjects listed in the Eleventh Schedule" of the Indian constitution Part IX of the Indian Constitution is the section of the Constitution relating to the Panchayats. It stipulates that in states or Union Territories with more than two million inhabitants there are three levels of PRIs: the gram panchayat at village level the panchayat samiti (block samiti, mandal parishad) at block level, and the zilla panchayat (district council) at district level. In states or Union Territories with less than two million inhabitants there are only two levels of PRIs. The Gram Panchayat...

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