Schedule I

(See section 100). SUBJECTS OFACTIVITIES (INCLUDING DEVELOPMENTACTIVITIES) Agriculture. • * * * * * 2. Crop competitions. 3. Crop protection. 4. Crop campaigns (including Kharif and Rabi Crop compaigns and intensive paddy cultivation). 5. Compost and local manures. 6. Distribution of fertilisers, agricultural implements and agricultural quota of iron, steel and cement. 7. Demonstration of improved agricultural practices. 8. Model demonstration or subsidiary seed farms. 9. Importation and distribution of improved seeds. 10. Establishment and maintenance of godowns. 11. Advancement and improvement of agriculture. 2[12. Air compressors. 13. Khar land development.] 3[Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development.] 14. Veterinary aid (excluding District Veterinary Hospitals but including veterinary dispensaries, veterinary aid centres and village veterinary chests). 15. Improvement of breed of cattle, horses and other livestock (including artificial insemination sub-centres, key village centres, premium bull centres, fodder development plots, silo pits, formation of taluka and district livestock improvement associations and the like, and distribution of improved breed of sheep). 16. Distribution of improved poultry. 17. Organisation of cattle shows and rallies. 4[17-a. Intensive piggery development. 17-b. Intensive poultry development. 17-c. Intensive cattle development.] 5[17-d. Dairy Development.] Forests. 18. Village forests and grazing lands (including measures for development of village woodlands for purposes of pasture and fuel). Entry 1 was deleted by Mah. 6 of 1975, s. 48 (a)(i). These entries were substituted for the original entries 12 and 13 by Mah. 6 of 1975, s. 48(a)(ii). This heading was substituted for the heading “Animal Husbandry”, vide G. N., R. D. D., No. ZPA/ 1277/ 4513/(802)(i)/XII, dated the 18 th July 1980. These entries were inserted by Mah. 6 of 1975, s. 48(b). Entry 17-d was added, vide G. N., R. D. D., No. ZPA 1277/4513/(802)(i)/XII, dated the 18 th July 1980. 1962 : Mah. V] The Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat 157 Samitis Act, 1961 Social Welfare. 19. Educational development of backward classes, including measures relating to— (1) grant of scholarships, freeships and examination fees to backward class students, and (2) establishment and maintenance of hostels and schools for backward class students, including giving of grant to aided hostels for construction and maintenance of hostels and supply of other aids to such hostels and schools but excluding hostels for areas larger than a district. 20. Economic development of backward classes, including— (1) giving of financial assistance to individual cultivators in the form of loans and subsidies for the purpose of purchasing agricultural requisities; • * * * * * (3) supply of spining wheels to Vimukta Jatis; (4) development of communications in backward areas; • * * * * * (6) establishment of handicrafts centres; and (7) development of cattle-breeding and poultry farms. 21. Removal of untouchability, including— (1) Celebration of Harijan weeks; (2) Zunka-bhakar programme; (3) encouragement of inter-caste marriages between caste—Hindus and Harijans; and (4) awarding prizes to villages which do outstanding work in the removal of untouchability. 22. Programmes for welfare of backward classes, including— (1) women’s and children’s welfare programmes or projects; (2) establishment and maintenance of Balwadis; (3) undertaking propaganda and publicity for welfare of backward classes; (4) organisation of entertainment programmes for backward classes; (5) holding social melas; (6) Sanskar Kendras, community-cum-recreation centres and community halls for backward classes; (7) supply of clothes to Vimukta Jatis; (8) financial assistance to individuals for purchase of medicines, and giving of grants to voluntary agencies for administering medical relief; (9) provision of houses for backward class persons; and (10) provision of drinking water wells. 23. Training of backward classes, including— (1) organisation of training camps; and Clauses (2) and (5) of entry 20 were deleted by G. N., R. D. D., No. ZPA 1072/52193-(l) N, dated the st October 1973. Clauses (2) and (5) of entry 20 were deleted by G. N., R. D. D., No. ZPA 1072/52193-(l) N, dated the st October 1973. 158 The Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat [1962 : Mah. V Samitis Act, 1961 (2) technical training and training in improved methods of hereditary occupations. Education. 24. Establishment, management, maintenance, inspection and visiting of primary schools and basic schools including grants to aided schools but excluding items relating to— (i) laying down of syllabus; (ii) prescription of text-books; (iii) conducting scholarship examinations; (iv) conducting primary school certificate examination and standard IV examination in Vidarbha; and (v) such other powers as are vested in the State Government under the Bombay Primary Education Act, 1947. 25. Establishment, management, maintenance, inspection and visiting of secondary schools excluding items relating to— (i) prescription of curriculum; (ii) prescription of text-books; (iii) rates of and conditions for maintenance grants; (iv) permission for conversion of high schools into higher secondary schools; (v) rates of fees; (vi) laying down general conditions for recognition; (vii) conduct of primary and high school scholarship examinations; and (viii) such other powers as may be specifically entrusted to the Director of Education or reserved for the State Government under the Grant-in-Aid Code. In the case of private secondary schools, only recommending grants and loans and their disbursement on sanction from the Director of Education. 26. Grant of loans and scholarships to students in respect of primary and secondary education. 27. Construction and maintenance of primary and secondary school buildings of the Zilla Parishads. 28. Other educational objects. 29. Provision of equipment and playgrounds for schools. Medical. 30. Taluka dispensaries, including upgrading of taluka dispensaries. 31. Hospitals, excluding civil and cottage hospitals as also other big Government hospitals which are comparable to civil hospitals. 32. Subsidised Medical Practitioner’s Centres. 33. Rural Medical Relief Centres and Public Medical Relief. 34. Grant of financial assistance to institutions giving anti-rabic treatment to indigent persons. 35. Grant-in-aid to private charitable hospitals, dispensaries, maternity homes and other such institutions. Now, the short title of the Act has been amended as “the Maharashtra Primary Education Act (LXI of 1947) by Mah. 24 of 2012, ss. 2 and 3, Schedule, entry 28, with effect from the 1 st May 1960. 1962 : Mah. V] The Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat 159 Samitis Act, 1961 Ayurveda. 1[36. Ayurvedic, Unani and Homoeopathic Dispensaries (including the giving of grants to such dispensaries).] 2[37. Replenishing stock of Ayurvedic, Unani and Homoeopathic medicine chests in villages.] Public Health. 38. Primary Health Centres. 39. Mobile Hygiene Units. 40. 3[Primary Health Units]. 41. Vaccination. 42. School Health Service. 43. Measures for treatment of Anti-yaws. • * * * * * 45. Maintenance of medicine boxes in villages. 46. Facilities for health education. 47. Rural sanitation. 48. Taking of necessary measures in the interest of public health. 49. Reclamation of unhealthy localities (including grant of loans to private persons or associations for the purpose). Buildings and Communications. 50. Construction, maintenance and repairs of— (i) Village roads; (ii) Other District Roads; (iii) Major District Roads; and (iv) Bridges on above-mentioned Roads. 51. Rural Parks and Gardens (excluding National Parks and Gardens). 52. Construction of administrative and other buildings in connection with Zilla Parishad’s requirements. 53. Means of communications other than roads. 54. Public ferries. 55. Maintenance of trees in the vicinity of roads. • * * * * * Entry 36 was substituted by G. N., R. D. D., No. ZPA1068/35855-N, dated the 11 th March 1969. Entry 37 was substituted by G N., R. D. D., No. ZPA 1070/2252-N, dated the 2 nd June 1970. These words were substituted for the words “Combined Medical and Public Health Unit” by G. N., U. D. P. H. and H. D., No. PHC 3170/50377-S, dated the 25 th November 1971. Entry 44 was deleted by Mah. 6 of 1975, s. 48(c). Entries 56 and 57 were deleted by Mah. 6 of 1975, s. 48(d). 160 The Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat [1962 : Mah. V Samitis Act, 1961 1[Public Health Engineering. 58. Rural Water Supply .. (i) Construction, maintenance and repairs of schemes with a net capital cost of less than rupees 2[five lakhs] in each case. 59. Protected Water Supply for fairs in rural areas. .. (ii) Construction of schemes with a net capital cost of more than rupees 3[five lakhs but less than rupees ten lakhs] as the State Government may allow to be undertaken in any individual case. 60. Rural drainage. .. 61. Works for preservation from pollution of water for drinking, bathing and cooking. (iii) Maintenance of and repairs to schemes with a net capital cost of more than rupees 4[five lakhs] in each case.] Irrigation. 5[62. Minor Irigation works (only those works which irrigate 250 hectares or less each, 6[and those lift irrigation works which irrigate upto 100 hectares]]. • * * * * • * * * * Publicity. 84. Mobile Publicity Vans. 85. Organising District Exhibitions. 86. Publicity through recreational activities. 87. Rural broadcasting. Community Development. 88. Community Development Programme. 89. Local Development Works Programme. Social Education. 90. Community Recreation Centres. 91. Adult Literacy Centres. 92. Sports, games, playgrounds, equipment and welfare organisations. 93. Kisan Melas. The heading and entries 58 to 61 were substituted by G. N., R. D. D., No. ZPA 1070/11581-N, dated the th December 1970. This was substituted by G. N.. R. D. D., No. GRAPAPU-1092/CR-378/39A, dated the 20 th May 1992. This was substituted by G. N.. R. D. D., No. GRAPAPU-1092/CR-378/39A, dated the 20 th May 1992. This was substituted by G. N.. R. D. D., No. GRAPAPU-1092/CR-378/39A, dated the 20 th May 1992. Entry 62 was substituted by G. N., R. D. D., No. ZPE-1192/475/CR-(369)/04, dated the 2 nd June 1992. These words and figures were substituted for the words, letters and figure “and those lift irrigation works which cost less than Rs. 5 lakhs each” by G. N., R. D. and W. C. D., No. ZPE 1093/CR-718/05, dated the 4 th May 1995. The heading “Industries and Cottage Industries” and entries “63 to 74” were deteted by G. N., R. D. D., No. ZPA 1072/52193(i)-N, dated the 1 st October 1973. The heading “Co-operation” and entries “75 to 83” thereunder were deleted by G. N., R. D. D., No. ZPA 1072/52193(i)-N, dated the 1 st October 1973. 1962 : Mah. V] The Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat 161 Samitis Act, 1961 1[94. Conducted tours within the State, and with the previous permission of State Government, outside the State.] 95. Dissemination of information. 96. Short camps. 97. Women’s organisations and welfare. 98. Children’s organisations and welfare. 99. Mobile cinema vans. 100. Libraries and reading-rooms. 101. Fairs, shows and exhibitions. Rural Housing. 102. Rural Housing. Miscellaneous. 103. Village uplift. 104. Building model villages (including grants and loans for the purpose). 105. Economic welfare of villages. 106. Local works or measures likely to promote health, safety, comfort or convenience of the public. 107. Markets. 108. Dharmashalas, rest-houses, travellers’ bungalows, sarais and the like. 109. Chawdis. 110. Other public institutions. 111. Local unemployment other than industrial unemployment. 112. Improvement and extension of village sites (including grants and loans for the purpose). 113. Laying new village sites (including grants and loans for the purpose). 114. Well-being of employees of Zilla Parishads. 115. Provisions of 2[house sites or houses] for employees of Zilla Parishads. 116. Planting and preservation of trees on public grounds and gardens. 117. Rewards for destruction of wild animals. 118. Public receptions and ceremonies and entertainment. 119. Arrangement for local pilgrimages. 120. Burial and cremation grounds (including disposal of the dead). 121. Sammelans of Panchas, Sarpanchas of Village Panchayats and other non-officials. 122. Local vagrancy relief for the poor. 123. Maintenance of poor-houses. Entry 94 was substituted for the original by Mah. 6 of 1975, s. 48(f). These words were substituted for the word “houses” by Mah. 6 of 1975, s. 48(g)(i). 162 The Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat [1962 : Mah. V Samitis Act, 1961 1[124. Securing 2[or continuing] postal facilities of experimental post offices in the villages within the District, where the village panchayats are not, for good and sufficient reason, able to do so by providing for payment of non-refundable contribution to the Posts and Telegraphs Department, wherever necessary]. 3[125. Propagation of gramdan and bhoodan movements.] 4[126. Panchayat Raj Training Centre (only to the extent of securing proper selection of trainees and satisfactory attendance at the Training Centre and of making provision for the travelling and daily allowances to the numbers of the Managing Committee of the Centre).] 5[127. Monetary grants to members of a family of a deceased member of the armed forces of the Union. Explanation.— The expression “members of a family” in relation to a deceased member of the armed forces of the Union means his widow, son, son’s son, unmarried daughter, father or mother.] 6[128. Monetary grant for freedom-fighter or members of the family of the deceased freedom-fighter residing in rural areas who do not get any financial assistance from the State Government.] 7[129. Construction, maintenance and renting of buildings for housing the branches of the Banks nationalised by the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970 (5 of 1970) and the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1980 (40 of 1980) and other Commercial Banks which are promoting rural development by providing credit to rural people especially for agricultural purpose.] Entry 124 was added by G. N., R. D. D., No. ZPA 1068/6274-N, dated the 20 th February 1969. These words were inserted by G. N. R. D. D., No. ZPA 1062/6274-N, dated the 24 th November 1970. Entry 125 was added by G. N., R. D. D., No. ZPA 1069/33176-N, dated the 15 th January 1971. Entry 126 was added by G. N., R. D. D., No. PAR 1171/13140-A (iii), dated the 21 st May 1973, read with Corrigendum No. PRT-117/13140/A-III, dated the 4th June 1973 published in the M. G. G. Extraordinary, dated the 4 th June 1973, at page 888. Entry 127 was added by Mah. 6 of 1975, s. 46(g)(ii). Entry 128 was added by G. N., R. D. D., No. ZPA 1077/3870/(880) XII, dated the 8 th June 1978. Entry 129 was added by G. N., R. D. D., No. ACD 1081/2915/XXIX, dated the 2 nd January 1982. 1962 : Mah. V] The Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat 163 Samitis Act, 1961