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A CONTEXTUAL INVESTIGATION OF THE REFORMATION OF PANCHAYATS IN HARYANA

ABSTRACT

Local self-governance is crucial for the genuine growth of the nation since local levels are the actual locations where policies and programmes are to be implemented and where the government will learn about difficulties and challenges with current policies, etc. Thus, India established local government via the 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendment Acts, which included both panchayats and municipalities. Many committees have been established to discuss local governments and the Panchayati Raj system. 1957’s Balwant Rai Mehta Committee and Ashok Mehta Committee are two examples. In 1992, the Parliament approved the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act and the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act, which added Part IX, i.e., the Panchayats, and Part IX-A, i.e., the Municipalities, to the Constitution. The Government of India directed the Balwant Rai Mehta Committee to examine the operations of two of its earliest programmes. In 1957, the committee issued its very deliberate report. There, the term democratic decentralisation was first used. Grameen Panchayats at the village level, Panchayat Samitis at the block level, and Zila Parishads at the district level were among their main proposals for the Panchayati Raj system.

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