Uttar Pradesh UP Panchayatiraj

img
Department Head(s)
Director Anuj KumarJha

Department Info


The Panchayati Raj System (U.P.) consists of Gram Panchayat, Kshetra Panchayat, and Zilla Panchayat. Panchayati Raj system is a powerful means of effective participation of common rural people in democracy. The way to establish a well-planned Panchayati Raj system has been paved by the 73rd Constitutional Amendment. As soon as the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act came into force, the Panchayat Raj Acts of the state i.e. Uttar Pradesh by the State Government. Panchayat Raj Act-1947 and U.P. The constitutional system was given shape by making necessary amendments in the Kshetra Panchayat and District Panchayat Act, 1961. In the year 1995, a Decentralization and Administrative Reforms Commission was constituted by the State Government, after studying the recommendations made by the High Level Committee (HPC) constituted under the chairmanship of the then Agricultural Production Commissioner, in the year 1997, 32 departments were constituted. The work was identified and recommended to be transferred to Panchayati Raj Institutions. The State Government is committed to fulfill the rights and responsibilities of the Panchayati Raj Institutions as per the constitutional spirit.

Subscribe To Our Online Newsletter

Get updated with the latest government job posting