Gram Sabha

A. Gram Sabha. –

1. (1) Subject to the general or special orders of the Government, the Gram Sabha shall meet from time to time, but six months shall not intervene between any two meetings. If the village panchayat fails to convene Gram Sabha, the executive authority shall convene the Gram Sabha: Provided that one or more special meetings may be convened by the President at any time or on the demand of one-tenth of the total members of the Gram Sabha.
2. (2) The meetings of the Gram Sabha shall be presided over by the President and in his absence by the Vice-President, failing which by a person elected by the Gram Sabha for the purpose.
3. (3) The Gram Sabha shall consider the following matters and may make recommendations and suggestions to the village panchayat: --
   • (i) Consideration of the budget of the village panchayat for the next financial year;
   • (ii) Consideration of the actual income and expenditure of the village panchayat for each preceding financial year;
   • (iii) Consideration and scrutiny of the existing schemes and the activities of the village panchayat in relation thereto;
   • (iv) Scrutiny of the completed schemes and activities of the village panchayat in relation thereto;
   • (v) Recommendations regarding the places where schemes for economic development and social justice and other related works are to be located in the panchayat village;
   • (vi) Formation of one or more vigilance committees, executive committees and such other committees, as may be necessary, to supervise the works being executed by the village panchayat and to put up reports concerning them in its meeting;
   • (vii) Consideration of audit reports of village panchayat and their compliances;
   • (viii) Consideration of the progress reports of the works being executed by the village panchayat.
   • (ix) Consideration of the recommendations of its various Committees;
   • (x) Directions to the village panchayat or to the executive committees or any other committees with regard to the execution of the policy framed by it;
   • (xi) Consideration of such activities as are vested in it by the Government from time to time; and
   • (xii) Exercise of such other powers and performance of such other functions, as the Government may authorise.
4. (4) The village panchayat shall give due consideration to the recommendations and suggestions of the Gram Sabha.
5. (5) The procedure for convening and conducting the meetings of the Gram Sabha shall be such as may be prescribed.
6. (6) The quorum of the meetings of the Gram Sabha shall be one-third of the total membership of the Sabha or one hundred members, whichever is less.