Gram Panchayat Division
Introduction :-
The Central Government amended the 73rd Constitution to make the Gram Panchayats self-reliant and to give them the power to manage their affairs as autonomous institutions . Due to this, the Gram Panchayats have got constitutional status . In this way, the journey of the Gram Panchayats has started towards providing social justice to the people of the villages and their economic development. For the overall development of the country, various schemes are being implemented by the Central Government. In order to ensure that the benefits of the development schemes reach the people at the very bottom and their upliftment/progress, the power was decentralised and the Zilla Parishad Committees and Gram Panchayats were given powers. The Government implements various schemes and the real purpose of these schemes is to improve the lives of the poor people by benefiting them. The Government expects the living standards of the rural people to be improved by taking advantage of various government schemes. It is very important that information about all such schemes reaches the people. Pune district is divided into 13 talukas and a total of 1408 Gram Panchayats are functioning. The total population of the 1408 functioning Gram Panchayats is 3258913 , out of which the population of Scheduled Castes is 243580 and the population of Scheduled Tribes is 203838. If we consider the area of rural areas, it is 15642 sq. km. It is covered by 15642 sq. km. Various government ( Central Government , State Government) schemes presented to the grassroots people in rural areas are being implemented through Gram Panchayat Division , Zilla Parishad. Along with the general public , bringing the backward class and below poverty line people above the poverty line and making them financially self-sufficient is the only goal and it is being implemented in the district in a good manner through Gram Panchayat Division , Zilla Parishad.
A. Details about the organization:-
Name of the organization:- Zilla Parishad Pune , Gram Panchayat Division
Year of Establishment :- 1 May 1961