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The Zila Panchayat or District Development Council or Zilla Parishad or District Panchayat or is the third tier of the Panchayati Raj system and functions at the district levels in all states. A Zila Parishad is an elected body representing the entire rural area of a district. A District Panchayat is headed by a President, who is an elected member.
The 1988 Local Government (Zila Parishad) Act provided for zila parishads constituted with a mixture of representative members and appointed members. [2] Half of the members of a zila parishad were elected (the Members of Parliament for the district and the chairman of Union Parishads and town Committees in the district).
The Deputy Commissioner is appointed by the government from a Joint secretary of the B.C.S. Administration Cadre. But Zila Parishad has a different setup from the DC office. Currently, the Chairman of each District Council is an appointee from the Central Government. An officer ranked Deputy Secretary works as the Chief Executive of the council.
A district council (or zila parishad) is a local government body at the district level. [4] The Bengali word parishad means council and zila parishad translates to district council. The functions of a district council include the construction and maintenance of roads and bridges.
Additional Chief Executive Officer Raigad Zilla Parishad Alibag Ms. Priydarshanee More: Project Director District Rural Development Agency Raigad Zilla Parishad Alibag Mr. Rajendra Bhalerao: Deputy Chief Executive Officer(GAD) General Addministrtive Division Raigad Zilla Parishad Alibag Mr. Mahadev Tele (Additional Charge) Chief Account Finance ...
Zila Parishad means District Council and may refer to: District councils of Bangladesh; District council (India) See also. District council (disambiguation)
A district should be the first point for decentralisation under popular supervision below the state level. Zila Parishad should be the executive body and made responsible for planning at the district level. There should be an official participation of political parties at all levels of Panchayat elections.
The specific names may vary from state to state, but the purpose remains the same – to oversee the development and welfare activities at the block or tehsil level. The district level Panchayat Raj institutions are known by different names in different states, such as zilla panchayat, zilla parishad, district council and district panchayat. [20]