What is Democratic Decentralization? Democratic Decentralization Democratic decentralization is a political concept. Through democratic decentralization, process power is spread from the top to bottom. The aim of such decentralization is to expand the field of authority and specialization and to enable the people to make more and more participation in politics and administrative…
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West Bengal Zilla Parishad: Composition, Functions, and Sources of Revenue Composition, Functions, and Sources of Revenue of West Bengal Zilla Parishad Like the other states of India, West Bengal has developed the rural Self-Government Institution, better known as the Panchayat system. The first Panchayat Law was enacted in 1957 to build a strong…
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West Bengal Panchayat Samiti – Organization, Powers and Functions Organization, Power and Functions of Panchayat Samity in West Bengal According to the West Bengal Panchayat Act of 1973 the Panchayat Samiti is the second layer of the three-tier Panchayat system. In fact, the Panchayat Samiti is the successor of the former Anchalik Parishad…
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Union Public Service Commission (U.P.S.C) – History, Functions, Powers Union Public Service Commission (U.P.S.C) in India The success and effectiveness of public administration depend essentially on the ability impartiality and honesty of the bureaucrats. As such the responsibility of selecting such types of persons for administrative jobs should be vested on an independent…
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Types of Local Self Government There are mainly two types of local self-government in India. The Village local self-government and The Municipal self-government. Village local self-government The village’s local self-government is the village or gram-Panchayats. The Zilla Parishad also belongs to this category. Gram Panchayat is an excellent example of the Democratic set-up…
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State Secretariats in India India has been made a federation and following the tradition of that federal system, State Secretariats have also been created in each component state. The State Secretariats are the main administrative centers of the state governments. The state secretariat conducts the different functions that come under the jurisdiction of…
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State Chief Secretary(India) As India has adopted the federal system, it consists of several states—total number of twenty-eight states—the last three being recently included. In each of these component states, there is a general Administrative Department under the authority and direct control of the Chief Minister of the state. The Chief Secretary is…
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Short Note on Types of Political Parties in India On the basis of geographical spread: There are three types of parties seen in India on the basis of geographical spread. They are All India parties: They have all India presence. They are large political parties. They are present in almost every state of India. Regional…
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Short Note on Balwant Rai Mehta Committee Report Short Note on Balwant Rai Mehta Committee Report In 1957, the Balwant Rai Mehta Committee recommended the introduction of a three-tier Panchayati Raj System in India. Following the recommendations of this committee report, the then government of India and the State Governments too took different…
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Role of Sabhapati of Panchayat Samiti ( West Bengal) Role Of Sabhapati Of Panchayat Samiti The chairman and vice-chairman of Panchayat Samiti are known as Sabhapati and Saha Sabhapati. They are the administrative and financial chief of Panchayat Samiti. The Sabhapati has the responsibility of maintaining and preserving all-important deeds and documents of…
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