Decentralisation of rural governance secures constitutional Panchayati Raj structures with mandated elections, reservations, devolution and financial measures. Establishes constitutionally entrenched Panchayati Raj institutions with Gram Sabhas and directly elected Panchayats and Chairpersons, mandates reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and women, prescribes fixed tenure and timely elections after supersession, requires devolution of powers for local planning and implementation, secures Panchayat finance through State grants and assignment of local revenues, provides for periodic Finance Commission review and auditing, and places election regulation under the chief electoral officer while limiting judicial interference in electoral matters.
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Decentralisation of rural governance secures constitutional Panchayati Raj structures with mandated elections, reservations, devolution and financial measures.
Establishes constitutionally entrenched Panchayati Raj institutions with Gram Sabhas and directly elected Panchayats and Chairpersons, mandates reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and women, prescribes fixed tenure and timely elections after supersession, requires devolution of powers for local planning and implementation, secures Panchayat finance through State grants and assignment of local revenues, provides for periodic Finance Commission review and auditing, and places election regulation under the chief electoral officer while limiting judicial interference in electoral matters.
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