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Panchayati raj (India)

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In India, the Panchayati Raj generally refers to the system introduced by the constitutional amendment in 1992, although it is based upon the traditional ''panchayat'' system of South Asia. [1]

50 relations: Andhra Pradesh, Balwant Rai Mehta Committee, Balwantrai Mehta, Bihar, Caste panchayat, Chhattisgarh, Constitution of India, D+C Development and Cooperation, Governance, Gram panchayat, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Indian Administrative Service, International Museum of Women, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Khap, Kodassery, Lambardar, Local government, Local self-government in India, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Mahatma Gandhi, Meghalaya, Mizoram, MPs elected in the Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2012, Nagaland, Nagaur district, National Panchayati Raj Day, Odisha, Panchayat (disambiguation), Panchayat samiti (block), Panchayati raj, Political system, Rajasthan, Sarpanch, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, South Asia, Subrata K. Mitra, Swaraj, System, Tamil Nadu, Tehsil, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Village accountant, West Bengal, Zaildar.

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh is one of the 29 states of India.

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Balwant Rai Mehta Committee

The Balwant Rai Mehta Committee was a committee appointed by the Government of India in January 1957 to examine the working of the Community Development Programme(1952) and the National Extension Service(1953) and to suggest measures for their better working.

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Balwantrai Mehta

Balwantrai Mehta (–) was an Indian politician who served as the second Chief Minister of Gujarat state, India.

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Bihar

Bihar is an Indian state considered to be a part of Eastern as well as Northern India.

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Caste panchayat

Caste panchayats, based on caste system in India, are caste-specific juries of elders for villages or higher-level communities in India.

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Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh (translation: Thirty-Six Forts) is one of the 29 states of India, located in the centre-east of the country.

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Constitution of India

The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India.

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D+C Development and Cooperation

D+C Development and Cooperation is a monthly English language journal funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.

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Governance

Governance is all of the processes of governing, whether undertaken by a government, a market or a network, over a social system (family, tribe, formal or informal organization, a territory or across territories) and whether through the laws, norms, power or language of an organized society.

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Gram panchayat

A gram panchayat (village council) is the only grassroots-level of panchayati raj formalised local self-governance system in India at the village or small-town level, and has a sarpanch as its elected head.

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Gujarat

Gujarat is a state in Western India and Northwest India with an area of, a coastline of – most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula – and a population in excess of 60 million.

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Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh (literally "snow-laden province") is a Indian state located in North India.

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Indian Administrative Service

The Indian Administrative Service (IAST), often abbreviated to I.A.S., or simply IAS, is the administrative arm of the All India Services.

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International Museum of Women

The International Museum of Women (IMOW), headquartered in San Francisco, California, is an online museum that covers women's issues worldwide.

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Jharkhand

Jharkhand (lit. "Bushland" or The land of forest) is a state in eastern India, carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000.

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Karnataka

Karnataka also known Kannada Nadu is a state in the south western region of India.

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Kerala

Kerala is a state in South India on the Malabar Coast.

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Khap

A Khap is a community organisation representing a clan or a group of related clans.

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Kodassery

Kodassery is a village in Thrissur district in the state of Kerala, India.

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Lambardar

Lambardar or Numbardar (नम्बरदार, ਲੰਬਰਦਾਰ, لمبردار or نمبردار) is a title in India and Pakistan which applies to powerful families of zamindars of the village revenue estate, a state-privileged status which is hereditary and has wide-ranging governmental powers: mainly revenue collection and a share in it, the collaboration with the police for maintaining law and order in the village, and it comes with the associated social prestige.

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Local government

A local government is a form of public administration which, in a majority of contexts, exists as the lowest tier of administration within a given state.

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Local self-government in India

Since 1993, local government in India takes place in two very distinct forms.

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Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh (MP;; meaning Central Province) is a state in central India.

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Maharashtra

Maharashtra (abbr. MH) is a state in the western region of India and is India's second-most populous state and third-largest state by area.

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Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was an Indian activist who was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule.

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Meghalaya

Meghalaya is a state in Northeast India.

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Mizoram

Mizoram is a state in Northeast India, with Aizawl as its capital city.

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MPs elected in the Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2012

The election of Members of Parliament (MPs) to the 6th Parliament of the Fourth Republic was held on 7 and 8 December 2012.

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Nagaland

Nagaland is a state in Northeast India.

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Nagaur district

Nagaur District is one of the 33 districts of the state of Rajasthan in western India.

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National Panchayati Raj Day

National Panchayati Raj Day (National Local Self-Government day) is the national day of India celebrated by Ministry of Panchayati Raj on 24 April annually.

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Odisha

Odisha (formerly Orissa) is one of the 29 states of India, located in eastern India.

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Panchayat (disambiguation)

Panchayat may refer to.

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Panchayat samiti (block)

Mandals, taluka panchayats, block panchayats, or panchayat samiti are rural local governments (panchayats) at the intermediate level in panchayat raj institutions (PRI).

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Panchayati raj

The Panchayat raj is a South Asian political system found mainly in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, and Nepal.

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Political system

A political system is a system of politics and government.

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Rajasthan

Rajasthan (literally, "Land of Kings") is India's largest state by area (or 10.4% of India's total area).

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Sarpanch

A sarpanch is an elected head of the village-level constitutional body of local self-government called the panchayat (village government) in India (gram panchayat).

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Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of historically disadvantaged people in India.

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South Asia

South Asia or Southern Asia (also known as the Indian subcontinent) is a term used to represent the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan SAARC countries and, for some authorities, adjoining countries to the west and east.

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Subrata K. Mitra

Subrata Kumar Mitra (born 16 June 1949 in India, naturalized French) was Director and Research Professor at the Institute for South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore till May 20, 2018.

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Swaraj

Swarāj (स्वराज "self", raj "rule") can mean generally self-governance or "self-rule", and was used synonymously with "home-rule" by Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati and later on by Mahatma Gandhi, but the word usually refers to Gandhi's concept for Indian independence from foreign domination.

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System

A system is a regularly interacting or interdependent group of items forming an integrated whole.

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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu (• tamiḻ nāḍu ? literally 'The Land of Tamils' or 'Tamil Country') is one of the 29 states of India.

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Tehsil

A tehsil (also known as a mandal, taluk, taluq or taluka) is an administrative division of some countries of South Asia.

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Tripura

Tripura 'ত্রিপুরা (Bengali)' is a state in Northeast India.

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Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand, officially the State of Uttarakhand (Uttarākhaṇḍ Rājya), formerly known as Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India.

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Village accountant

The Village Accountant is an administrative government position found in rural parts of the Indian sub-continent.

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West Bengal

West Bengal (Paśchimbāṅga) is an Indian state, located in Eastern India on the Bay of Bengal.

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Zaildar

Zaildar (ज़ैलदार)(ذَیلدار) was the position based title of the grand jagirdar (landlord) of the area, who were in charge of a Zail which was an administrative unit of group of villages during the British Raj.

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Indian Panchayti Raj Act, Panchayati Raj Act, Panchyati Raaj Act.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panchayati_raj_(India)

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