Panchayati Raj in Jammu and Kashmir
The word "Panchayat" has been drived from the Sanskrit word "Panch" and "Chayat":. The former means and later means forum for discussion. Thus, the word Panchayat is a forum of wise men's discussion of the local problems connected with rural societies.
History reveals the existence of Panchayat System during the Aryan times in India. It was meant for rural agricultural societies to cope with basic justice problems. It was based on the decentralization of power for effective running of the local administration.
Panchayati Raj in Jammu and Kashmir Before Independence
The history of Panchayats in Jammu and Kashmir opened the chapter of Panchayats in the villages in 1935 under the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Regulation No. 1 of Samvat 1992 i.e. 1935. These panchayats meant to assist the administration of civil and criminal justice and also to manage the sanitation and other common concerns of the villages. Villages Panchayat Act 1941 was another important act for Panchayat before Independence.
Panchayati Raj in Jammu and Kashmir After Independence
631 panchayats were existed in the state at the time of Independence of India. In 1949 A.D. the department of panchayats and rural development began its activities for rural upliftment such as improving irrigational arrangement, dewatering the area, bringing waste land under cultivaion etc.
Panchayat Sytem envisage three dimensional aprroaches for all round welfare of the masses with particular stress on individual development of the personality for healthy and prosperous society:-
1. It strengthens the basic roots of democracy which is the best form of government in the world.
2. Through this system, one also gets an opportunity in the decision making process at grass root level.
3. This System enables to oversee and supervise need and requirement based developmental programmes local areas for their proper execution.
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