Paper I · 5 Indian Polity & Governance · 5.4.2 Local government

5.4.2.6 Local government in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh runs rural local government under the AP Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 through gram panchayats, mandal parishads and zilla parishads, and urban government under its municipalities and corporations laws, with village and ward secretariats added in 2019 for service delivery.

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Key terms

  • AP Panchayat Raj Act 1994
  • gram panchayat
  • mandal parishad
  • zilla parishad
  • MPTC
  • ZPTC
  • sarpanch
  • grama sachivalayam
  • Bheemunipatnam
  • AP Municipalities Act 1965

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