Gram Panchayats Development Plans in Maharashtra A Situational Analysis

Roy, M. N. and Ghosh, Dilip and Bhattacharya, Debraj (2019) Gram Panchayats Development Plans in Maharashtra A Situational Analysis. [Publications (Pre-joining)]

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Like many other parts of India, the area now under the state of Maharashtra, had some form of traditional panchayats prior to the arrival of the British. The establishment of British rule and improvement of communications disrupted this traditional set-up. But new efforts were made under Crown’s rule to establish a local self-government system. The first such attempt was the Bombay Local Fund Act of 1869. Under this Act local fund committees were formed but were not democratic in nature as the officials were nominated. After the Ripon Resolution of 1882, a Local Board Act was passed in 1884, which created district and Taluka local boards. The Bombay Village Panchayat Act of 1920 for the first time created the statutory village panchayats as wholly elected bodies although voting rights at this stage was restricted to adult male members only.

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Roy, M. N. and Ghosh, Dilip and Bhattacharya, Debraj

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