Amendment of section 40

Amendment of section 40.- In section 40 of the principal Act, for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:- "(1) The Panchayat Samiti shall have the power-

1. (a) to examine and approve the annual budgets of the Gram Panchayats in its jurisdiction;
2. (b) to exercise general supervision over the activities of the Gram Panchayats;
3. (c) to perform such other functions as may be entrusted to it by the Government."