6th Polity Part 6 Online Test – New Book – Civics

In 1688 Chennai corporation was founded. It is a well-known factor that British came to India in 1600 with trading motive and they conquered the land. Chennai is formerly known as Madras. There is a difference between Indian people and Europe people. They are searching for knowledge in a very practical manner.

Town Panchayat is under the category of Urban Local Body. Town Panchayat is in between the Village and City. It has about 10,000 population. Please don’t confuse with the rural local body in the name of Panchayat.

Local bodies are divided into two. That is Urban and Rural.Municipalities are under the category of Urban Local bodies. Urban Local bodies are categorize into City Municipal corporations, Municipalities and Town Panchayats.

Under The categories of Rural and Urban Local bodies,further classified into three each. District Panchayat is under the category of Rural local bodies. Rural local bodies are categorized into Village Panchayats, Panchayat Unions and District Panchayats.

As said before question, Panchayat unions are comes under the Rural Local bodies. Many Village Panchayats combined to form a Panchayat Union. Remember that Town Panchayat is under Urban Local body. So don’t confuse with Rural and Urban Local Bodies.

Minimum of One Lakh people in Municipality to manage the problems of the people. These kind of local bodies promoting the self-governance and sustainable growth to a well developing society.

Kanchipuram District has the most number of Municipalities. Basic idea of the Municipalities are collecting tax, providing services like water, electricity, road etc…

Town Panchayat required to have a minimum people of 10,000 to administration. Town Panchayat is coming under the Urban Local bodies. Town Panchayat is in between Village and City. Actually under developing city is a town.

Town Panchayat is introduced by Tamil Nadu. Because in some of the developing places, to ease the way of administration and governance our ancestors logically evolved the idea of Town Panchayat.

Commissioner is the administrative officer of City Municipal Corporation. He/She is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer can lead the developmental activities and making the solution for the problems in common.

In Municipality level, the administrative officer is and Executive officer(EO). He/She can manage the tax collections and money allocation for the services like water supply, Electricity, Road laying, Bridges construction according to the people requirements and need.

Note the word ‘elected representative’ in the question. Mayor is the elected representative in City Municipal Corporation. Please search who is the Mayor of Chennai Corporation. Former Chennai Mayor is Saidai Durai Sami.

Panchayat Union is a combined form of many village Panchayats. Panchayat Union is under the District Panchayat.

Councilors are subjected to select the Panchayat Union chairperson. Councilors are selected by the ward members. Please read the content carefully to understand who is representative selected by direct and indirect.

Official administrative head for the Panchayat Union is BDO –Block Development Officer. Remember that he/she is not an elected person. He/She belongs to government worker as a service person.

The Nilgiris and Perambalur has the lowest number of Panchayat Unions (4) in Tamil Nadu. Nilgiri is an hill station and Perambalur is surrounded by Salem, Villupuram, Cuddalore, Ariyalur, Trichy.

Every District has a District Panchayat. Its not about Town, Village or Ward. District Panchayat is the essential need to know about the public needs and constraints.

Ward Members are elected for Village Panchayat. Village Panchayat ward members are selecting the District Panchayat Committee Chairperson.

Kindly Note that the Village Panchayat ward persons are not mentioned in the options. So the answer is Members of the District Panchayat.

The Mayor is directly elected by the People. He/She is a direct representative of the people. Representatives can make solo decisions with the guidance of administrative persons. Representative and Admin Person can make the perfect Governance.

The Corporation Deputy Mayor and the Municipal Vice Chairperson are elected by the Ward Councillors. Both are not direct representatives of the people.

Every village panchayat has a Grama Sabha. They meeting can convened on Jan 26, May 1, Aug 15 and Oct 2. Apart from these days, the meetings can be conducted as per need or during emergency.

Mahatma Gandhi advocated Panchayat Raj as the foundation of India’s political system, as a form of government, where each village would be responsible for its own affairs. The Panchayat Raj Act was enacted on April 24, 1992.

Women reservation is 33%. Women empowerment is most important to develop a society. She can make more enthusiastic service work and brainy for the improvement.

38% percentage of women won in 2011 Local Bodies election. Actually its an development for the ideology of women empowerment. Even today in India womens are not encouraged to raise their voice in some of the states and societies.

50 percentage reservation for Women is being fixed in Panchayat Raj institutions as per the Tamil Nadu Panchayats ( Amendment ) Act, 2016.

The representatives can lead their service for five years. After that, the elections are conducted to select again. Five year once is a chance for the people to select their representatives.

State Election Commission is conducting the Local Bodies election. State election commission has the head of State Election commissioner. Central Election commission has Chief election commissioner.

Tamil Nadu State Election Commission situated in Koyambedu,Chennai. It is following the election activities under the control of Central Election Commission.

Grama Sabha is the only permanent unit in a village panchayat. People can give suggestions in the meeting. It is a direct form to understand the people need. It maintains the relationship between Government and People.

The List of corporations in Tamil Nadu: Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore, Tiruchirapalli, Salem, Tirunelveli, Erode, Thoothukudi, Tiruppur, Vellore, Dindigul, Thanjavur

Walajahpet Municipality (Vellore District) is the first Municipality in Tamil Nadu.

Revenue of the Village Panchayat: House tax, Professional tax, Tax on shops, Water charges, Specific fees for property tax, Specific fees for transfer of immovable property, Funds from Central and State Governments, etc. Revenue of the City Municipal Corporation : House Tax, Water Tax, Tax on shopping complexes, Professional Tax, Entertainment Tax, Vehicle Charges Funds by Central and State Government, etc.

Special features of Panchayat Raj : Grama Sabha, Three tier local body governance, Reservations, Panchayat Elections, Tenure, Finance Commission, Account and Audit.

The Grama Sabha meetings are conducted four times a year on January 26, May 1, August 15 and October 2. Officers like the District Collector, the Block Development Officer, teachers etc., also participate in this meeting. The people can freely express their needs and grievances