Part IX · CHAPTER VI.—SUBORDINATE COURTS
Article 243G Powers, authority and responsibilities of Panchayats.
This article gives Panchayats their purpose. A State may by law endow Panchayats with the powers and authority needed to work as institutions of self-government. The law may provide for planning and implementation of schemes for economic development and social justice. The twenty nine subjects of the Eleventh Schedule are the domain of this power.
- Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the Legislature of a State may, by law, endow the Panchayats with such powers and authority as may be necessary to enable them to function as institutions of self-government and such law may contain provisions for the devolution of powers and responsibilities upon Panchayats at the appropriate level, subject to such conditions as may be specified therein, with respect to— (a) the preparation of plans for economic development and social justice; (b) the implementation of schemes for economic development and social justice as may be entrusted to them including those in relation to the matters listed in the Eleventh Schedule.
What it means
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This article gives Panchayats their purpose. A State may by law endow Panchayats with the powers and authority needed to work as institutions of self-government. The law may provide for planning and implementation of schemes for economic development and social justice. The twenty nine subjects of the Eleventh Schedule are the domain of this power. Village plans may feed into district plans.