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The Government of Odisha and its 30 districts consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Odisha, a judiciary, and a legislative branch. Like other states in India, the head of state of Odisha is the Governor , appointed by the President of India on the advice of the Central government, and their post is largely ceremonial.
Membership in the block panchayat is mostly ex-official; it is composed of: all of the Sarpanchas (gram panchayat chairmen) in the Panchayat Samiti area, the MPs and MLAs of the area, the Sub-District Officer (SDO) of the sub-division, co-opt members (representatives of the SCs, STs and women), associate members (a farmer from the area, a ...
Gram Panchayat (transl. 'village council') is a basic governing institution in Indian villages. It is a political institution, acting as the cabinet of a village or group of villages. The Gram Sabha works as the general body of the Gram Panchayat. The members of the gram panchayat are elected directly by the people.
Bhawanipatna is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kalahandi district, Odisha. [2]This constituency includes Bhawanipatna, Kesinga, 25 Gram panchayats (Madiguda ...
A sarpanch, gram pradhan, mukhiya, or president is a decision-maker, elected by the village-level constitutional body of local self-government called the gram sabha (village government) in India. [1] The sarpanch, together with other elected panchayat members (referred to as ward panch), constitute gram panchayats and zilla panchayats. The ...
An urban centre with more than 12,000 and less than 40,000 inhabitants is classified as a nagar panchayat. Odisha has 113 NACs. In runup to 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, Odisha govt announced creation of 56 new NACs and 6 NACs were upgraded to Municipalities. The new NACs have been created taking into account the public demand ...
A stone plaque marking the jurisdiction of a village governed by the PESA Act. The Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 abbreviated as PESA Act [1] is a law enacted by the Government of India for ensuring self governance through traditional Gram Sabhas for people living in the Scheduled Areas of India.
The Odisha Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Odisha state in India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Bhubaneswar, the capital of the state. It is composed of 147 Members of Legislative Assembly. [1]