Panchayati raj the Local government of Rural areas

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Introduction
To

be able to rule a country efficiently , most governments work at different levels the national level ,the state or regional level &the local level. In India ,the government rules the country at the national level,the state governments rule at the state level& panchayati raj takes care of government at the local level . More than half of indias population lives in villages . But since independence there 1/24/13

Introduction
By

2020 , more than 40% of the population is expected to be living in cities . All people , whether in villages , towns or cities , have certain basc needs in common. Everyone needs access to safe drinking water , health care , education , electricity &sanitation . These are requirments which are specific to each area or locality . To take care of these services , local bodies are elected by 1/24/13

panchayat

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Mani shankar aiyar , the union minister for panchayati raj,holding a panchayati baithak

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Local self - government

Local

self government is a system where the problems of a local community are managed by people belonging to that community . The people of an area elect bodies that are responsible for solving their problems through the proper use of local resources . like sanitation , water supply , electricity supply 7 the maintanence of
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Issues

Local self - government

They

understand the needs , requirments & problems of the people better than people sitting in the central or state governments would. india , the needs & problems faced by people living in villages are very different from those faced by people living in towns &cities. So , separate systems of local government have been developed for both areas.
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Local self - government

Villages

, or rural areas , are governed by village panchayats, panchayats samitis , & zilla parishads .towns &cities are governed by municipal corporations , municipalities & nagar palikas.

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A well maintained village

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Panchayati raj
People

face all kinds of problems in their day-to-day lives- a powerful landlord may have forcibly taken away a poor farmers land , the village handpump might have run dry , someones cattle might be eating someone elses crop, the roof of the panchayati school might have fallen in, or there might be no doctor in the local health centre.
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Panchayati raj
Our

country being so vast , it is so impossible for the central or the state governments to look into these issues. Therefore there is a need to have a system of local government that will take care of the requirements & implement policies designed for the rural population. We call this system PANCHAYATI RAJ.
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Fact file
It

was Mahatma Gandhi s firm belief that Independence must begin at the bottom. Thus every village will be a republic or panchayat having full powers . It follows therefore that every village has to be self sustained & capable of managing affairs even to the extent of defending itself against the whole world
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