National Panchayati Raj Day 2022 is the national day of the Panchayati Raj system in India. National Panchayati Raj Day is celebrated every year on the 24th of April by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj in the country. This year the 13th National Panchayati Raj Day will be celebrated on 24 April 2022. Under Panchayati Raj comes the Gram Panchayat of the village, Block Council at the block level, and Zilla Parishad at the district level.
Significance of National Panchayati Raj Day
The Panchayati Raj system in India was introduced in 1992 under the 73rd Constitutional Amendment. However, it came into existence a year later on April 24, 1993. Hence, National Panchayati Raj Day is celebrated to celebrate the establishment of decentralized power. Manmohan Singh, the then Prime Minister of India, declared 24 April 2010 as the first National Panchayati Raj Day.
He mentioned that if the Panchayati Raj Institutions function properly and local people participate in the development process, the Maoist menace can be countered. The decision to decentralize power at the village level was taken because it was difficult for a chief minister to take care of the entire state completely and solve their issues in the shortest possible time.
The history behind National Panchayati Raj Day
In 1957, a committee was formed that focused on the development of the Panchayati Raj in India. Balwantrai Mehta was appointed as the chairman of the committee. The committee’s report, it recommended a decentralized three Panchayati Raj hierarchies. Contains –
- Gram Panchayat at Village Level
- Panchayat Samiti at Block Level
- Zilla Parishad at the district level
The names of the representatives of the Panchayats were fixed as Pradhan, Mukhiya or Sarpanch. In 1959 Rajasthan became the first state where the Panchayat Raj system was implemented. Panchayati Raj was inaugurated by our first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in the month of October 1959 in Nagpur.
What happens on National Panchayati Day?
Every year the Prime Minister speaks directly to the representative of the Gram Panchayat and takes a look at the progress report. Various issues affecting the functioning of the Panchayati Raj system are also discussed. On 24 April 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for an end to the practice of “husbands of women sarpanchs” or “sarpanch husbands”, as they addressed elected representatives’ undue influence on the work of their wives elected to power. Is.
