Autonomy of Panchayati Raj in Punjab A Case Study Of Mansa and Bhikhi Block of Mansa District

Abstract

Panchayati Raj Institutions in India have their roots since times immemorial. newlineThe system has come into existence through a long process of evolution. The newlinePanchayati Raj institutions provide an important mechanism for rural development newlineand democratic decentralization of powers at the grass-root level. Panchayati Raj newlineinstitutions ensure people s participation and involvement in the political system. It newlinewas realized that village panchayats have enormous potentialities based on grass-root newlinedemocracy. Thus, on attaining independence, the formal constitutional recognition of newlinePanchayati Raj was included in the Directive Principles of State Policy under Article newline40, as a unit of rural local self-government. Thus, the emergence of Panchayati newlineRaj is considered a milestone in the history of political institutions and it is the newlinepermanent basis of rural democracy. newline newline