Panchayath Raj System
Role of Taluka and Gram Panchayaths

The Panchayath Raj Act-1993 provides a 3-tier structure of Panchayats. The Zilla Panchayat forms the apex institution at the district level. Each of the four taluks in the KOPPAL district has the Taluk Panchayat, where again the members are directly elected from the people, and which has a similar administrative structure headed by the Executive Officer(EO). At the lowest level there are the Gram Panchayats which are having jurisdiction over a group of villages so notified .

ZILLA PANCHAYATH	at the District Level
TALUKA PANCHAYATH	at the Taluka Level
GRAM PANCHAYATH	at the GP (Group of Villages) level

Taluk Panchayaths are the intermediate tier of the Panchayat Raj Institutions at the taluka level. Since 1999, certain specified development schemes earlier executed by the Zilla Panchayat have been tranferred and delegated to the Taluk Panchayats for implementation. Gram Panchayats are the lowest tier of Panchayat Raj Institutions, They have responsibilities of civic administration with independent power of taxation.


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