Power of Gram Panchayat to provide for certain other matters

Power of Gram Panchayat to provide for certain other matters Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, a gram panchayat may also make such provision as it thinks fit for carrying out the requirements of the village in respect of the following matters, namely:- (i) the construction and maintenance of dharmashalas, sarais and rest-houses for travellors; (ii) the planting and preservation of groves and trees on the sides of roads and other public places; (iii) the promotion and development of pre-primary education, elementary education, social and health education, cottage industries and trade; (iv) the establishment and maintenance of dispensaries and the payment of subsidies to rural medical practitioners;