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DISTRICT PANCHAYAT (ZILLA PARISHAD)

Functions

• Advise on all matters of development undertaken by panchayats and panchayat unions to the Government.
• Watching and reviewing the progress of the programme.

Taxation and finance

• All grants, all rents from lands or other property, interest on securities and penalities.

Economic development and social justice

• Each district panchayat will prepare plan for economic development and social justice of the district including implementation of programmes and schemes of the government.

District planning committee

Composition

• MP, MLAs, Chairman of the district panchayat

Function

• The committee shall consolidate the plans prepared by the District Panchayat, Panchayat Union Councils, Village Panchayats, Town Panchayat, Municipal Councils and the Municipal Corporations in the district and prepare a draft development plan for the district as a whole.