Panchayati Raj

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decentralized governance system system of local self-government

Panchayati Raj is a system of decentralized governance in India that empowers elected local bodies (panchayats) to administer and develop rural areas.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Panchayati raj	3
Panchayati Raj institutions in Uttar Pradesh	1
Panchayati Raj system of Maharashtra	1
Panchayati raj (India)	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	decentralized governance system ⓘ system of local self-government ⓘ
alsoIntroducedEarlyInState	Andhra Pradesh NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	rural areas ⓘ
assignsPowers	implementation of schemes for social justice ⓘ
assignsPowers	preparation of plans for economic development ⓘ
basedOn	elected local bodies ⓘ
cameIntoForce	1993 ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992 NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
coversSubjects	29 subjects listed in the Eleventh Schedule ⓘ
empowers	Gram Sabha NERFINISHED ⓘ
enshrinedBy	Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992 NERFINISHED ⓘ
etymology	‘panchayat’ meaning council of five ⓘ
feature	State Election Commission for panchayat elections NERFINISHED ⓘ State Finance Commission for panchayat finances NERFINISHED ⓘ regular elections every five years ⓘ reservation of not less than one-third seats for women ⓘ reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes ⓘ reservation of seats for Scheduled Tribes ⓘ
firstIntroducedInState	Rajasthan NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstIntroductionDate	2 October 1959 ⓘ
focus	bottom-up planning ⓘ participatory democracy ⓘ
goal	democratic decentralization ⓘ people’s participation in governance ⓘ rural development ⓘ
governanceLevel	local government ⓘ
hasComponent	Gram Panchayat NERFINISHED ⓘ Panchayat Samiti NERFINISHED ⓘ Zila Parishad NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRecommendationBy	Balwant Rai Mehta Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRecommendationYear	1957 ⓘ
languageOriginOfTerm	Sanskrit ⓘ
mentionedIn	Part IX of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
providesFor	three-tier panchayat system ⓘ
relatedArticle	Article 243 ⓘ Article 243A ⓘ Article 243B NERFINISHED ⓘ Article 243C ⓘ Article 243D NERFINISHED ⓘ Article 243E NERFINISHED ⓘ Article 243F ⓘ Article 243G NERFINISHED ⓘ Article 243H ⓘ Article 243I NERFINISHED ⓘ Article 243J NERFINISHED ⓘ Article 243K ⓘ Article 243L NERFINISHED ⓘ Article 243M NERFINISHED ⓘ Article 243N ⓘ Article 243O ⓘ
relatedSchedule	Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
tier	district level ⓘ intermediate or block level ⓘ village level ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dhudike → governingSystem → Panchayati Raj ⓘ

this entity surface form: Panchayati raj

Gonda village, Chitrakoot district → governingSystem → Panchayati Raj ⓘ

this entity surface form: Panchayati raj (India)

Khanwa → governingSystem → Panchayati Raj ⓘ

this entity surface form: Panchayati raj

Wardha Zilla Parishad → partOf → Panchayati Raj ⓘ

this entity surface form: Panchayati Raj system of Maharashtra

Panchayat → relatedConcept → Panchayati Raj ⓘ

Tamil Nadu Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department → sector → Panchayati Raj ⓘ

Karanja taluka → usesLocalGovernmentSystem → Panchayati Raj ⓘ

this entity surface form: Panchayati raj

Department of Rural Development, Uttar Pradesh → worksWith → Panchayati Raj ⓘ

this entity surface form: Panchayati Raj institutions in Uttar Pradesh