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  2. Gram panchayat - Wikipedia

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    Gram panchayat. Gram Panchayat ( transl. 'village council') is a basic governing institution in Indian villages. It is a political institution, acting as the cabinet of a village or group of villages. The Gram Sabha works as the general body of the Gram Panchayat. The members of the gram panchayat are elected directly by the people.

  3. Vibrant Gujarat - Wikipedia

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    Vibrant Gujarat, also referred to as Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, is a biennial investors' global business event that is held in the state of Gujarat, India. The event is aimed at bringing together business leaders , investors , corporations , thought leaders, policy and opinion makers; the summit is advertised as a platform to understand and ...

  4. Sarpanch - Wikipedia

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    A sarpanch, gram pradhan, mukhiya, or president is a decision-maker, elected by the village-level constitutional body of local self-government called the gram sabha (village government) in India. [1] The sarpanch, together with other elected panchayat members (referred to as ward panch ), constitute gram panchayats and zilla panchayats.

  5. Local government in India - Wikipedia

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    Local government in India is governmental jurisdiction below the level of the state. Local self-government means that residents in towns, villages and rural settlements are the people who elect local councils and their heads authorising them to solve the important issues. India is a federal republic with three spheres of government: union ...

  6. Panchayati raj in India - Wikipedia

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    Panchayati raj (council of five officials) is the system of local self-government of villages in rural India [1] as opposed to urban and suburban municipalities . It consists of the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) through which the self-government of villages is realized. [2] They are tasked with "economic development, strengthening social ...

  7. Local government in Kerala - Wikipedia

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    Kerala is a state on the southwestern coast of India. It is known for its high literacy rate, low infant mortality rate, and long life expectancy. Kerala has also been a pioneer in the field of decentralization and participatory local democracy. In 1994, the Kerala government enacted the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act and the Kerala Municipality Act.

  8. District council (India) - Wikipedia

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    The Zila Panchayat or District Development Council or Zilla Parishad or District Panchayat or is the third tier of the Panchayati Raj system and functions at the district levels in all states. A Zila Parishad is an elected body representing the entire rural area of a district. A District Panchayat is headed by a President, who is an elected member.

  9. List of gram panchayats in Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia

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    Gram Sabha and Gram Sabha Meeting In the meeting of the villagers, which is convened four times a year in every panchayat councils, the report on the completed project works should be submitted to the public in the presence of the panchayat council chairperson and the government officers about the projects such as education, social development ...