Gram Sabha as a body corporate - The emerging reality
By: Bokil, Milind and Gogulwar, Satish
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BookPublisher: Economic and Political Weekly Description: 58(37), Sep 16, 2023: p.35-39.Subject(s): Gram Sabha
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Economic and Political WeeklySummary: Since the passing of the Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992, the institution of the gram sabha has assumed signifi cance as a basic unit of self-governance but there area lot of misconceptions about its nature, and it is merely understood as a “meeting of village people.” However, in the Scheduled Areas of Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, the gram sabhas are demonstrating how they could function as “bodies corporate,” a fact recognised only by a few of the state panchayat acts. This has got a great transformative potential not just in ushering participatory democracy but also in livelihood generation, conservation and management of natural resources.- Reproduced
https://www.epw.in/journal/2023/37/perspectives/gram-sabha-body-corporate.html
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Since the passing of the Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992, the institution of the gram sabha has assumed signifi cance as a basic unit of self-governance but there area lot of misconceptions about its nature, and it is merely understood as a “meeting of village people.” However, in the Scheduled Areas of Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, the gram sabhas are demonstrating how they could function as “bodies corporate,” a fact recognised only by a few of the state panchayat acts. This has got a great transformative potential not just in ushering participatory democracy but also in livelihood generation, conservation and management of natural resources.- Reproduced
https://www.epw.in/journal/2023/37/perspectives/gram-sabha-body-corporate.html
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