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| Panchayats to conduct social audit of Govt schemes | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Dec 19: The recently elected panchayats will have the powers to conduct social audit of government schemes in the state.
An official of Panchayati Raj Department said that government has made amendments in Panchayati Raj Act-1989 to devolve powers to Panchayats.
"Mayors/Deputy Mayors of Municipal Corporations and Presidents/Vice-Presidents of Municipal Councils/Municipal Committees have been elected.
Amendments made in the Panchayati Raj Act-1989 to devolve powers to Panchayats to ensure participative decision-making functioning and monitoring of 19 Departments devolved to Panchayats.
Social audit of government schemes and programs to be conducted by Panchayats," an official said.
Elections for 79 urban local bodies - 1145 councillors were elected and election process was completed over a period of 3 months.
Similarly, elections were conducted for 4483 Panchayats with a Sarpanch for each Panchayat Halqa and 35029 Panchs.
The official said conducting of civic polls was for empowering of people and devolution of power.
"Over Rs 2300 crores development funds per annum are to be transferred to Panchayats and Rs 1200 crores to urban local bodies," he said.
The panchayat elections were held in J&K after a gap of seven years. Earlier, elections were conducted in 2011 and the panchayats had completed their five-year term in 2016. Similarly, the ULB polls were held in J&K after a span of 23-years in January 2005.
The centre had budgeted around Rs 1300 crore to the state as per the 14th Finance Commission Awards from 2015-2020 for civic bodies.
The ULBs were entitled for Rs 350 crore during 2016-2017.
These funds were not provided to the state in absence of elected municipalities.
Similarly, the state lost Rs over 250 crore during 2017-2018. The central finance commission devolves funds to local bodies across the country every year. These funds are to be spent on water, electricity, road infrastructure, and other civic amenities. |
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