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Salient Features of Gram Panchayats Under the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992

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Pub. Date	: Oct' 2023
Product Name	: The IUP Journal of Law Review
Product Type	: Article
Product Code	: IJLR041023
Author Name	: R S Harish Kumar Varma
Availability	: YES
Subject/Domain	: Arts & Humanities
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No. of Pages	: 13

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Abstract

The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 19921 has made provisions for strengthening village panchayats. The village panchayat would take part in the Community Development Program with the help of Grama Sabhas. The only problem is spreading party politics in the meetings of Grama Sabhas. A drift or rift between the ruling and opposition parties makes Grama Sabhas and Grama Nyayalayas a weak tool to function perfectly. The dirty politics played by the Sarpanch and the ward members of these institutions have consistently lagged the villages towards backwardness. There is a need for the state government to keep the panchayats away from political controversies which would cleanse and strengthen the village democracy. For this purpose, the 'Gram Nyayalaya Act, 2008, was passed by the Parliament to provide justice expeditiously to needy indigenous people. The present paper attempts to analyzes the salient features of this act along with the relevant functions of the Gram Panchayats under the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992.

Introduction

The 73rd Amendment has provided a proper method for strengthening village panchayats. Under this amendment, the community development program will be undertaken by the village panchayat with the help of Grama Sabhas.

The Gram Sabha is expected to play a vital role in rural areas. It is widely recognized that Gram Sabha should have an important and meaningful role in the Panchayati Raj.