Paper I · 12 Local Self-Government · TGPSC MPSO / ASO
12.3 Panchayat Raj in Telangana notes
2 notes, in reading order.
- 12.3.173rd Amendment and the Telangana Panchayat Raj Act 2018: gram panchayat, gram sabha and functionaries
The 73rd Amendment (1992) made panchayats a constitutional third tier; in Telangana they work under the Telangana Panchayat Raj Act, 2018, which sets up the gram panchayat with a directly elected sarpanch, a gram sabha of all village voters that must meet every two months, and a panchayat secretary who answers to the panchayat.
Standard · 17 min · Full course - 12.3.2Mandal and zilla parishads, elections, the State Election Commission, the State Finance Commission and panchayat finances
Above the gram panchayat sit the mandal praja parishad (members called MPTCs) and the zilla praja parishad (ZPTCs), whose heads are chosen indirectly under a party whip; elections to all three are run by the State Election Commission, money is shared on the advice of the State Finance Commission, and since 2024 the share of Backward Classes in these seats has been the state's most contested local-government issue.
Standard · 16 min · Full course
Practise Panchayat Raj in Telangana. Questions with answers explained, from the same topics.
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