panchayat

Examples

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• Consider, for instance, primary education: the buildings could be constructed by the district or Block Panchayat, while the responsibility for running the schools could be vested in a Gram Panchayat.

  Academic text (1998)

• The Panchayat was specifically designed with the basic objective of democratic decentralisation and devolution of power (Bhagwati, 2007, p. 3).

  Academic text (2011)

• Local police arrested 13 people, including members of the panchayat, which had ordered the marriage.

  Academic text (2007)

• Open letter from a member of the Khap Panchayat.

  Blog text (33)

• The thirty-year panchayat reign gave so much trouble to women.

  Academic text (2008)

• There were delays in holding the 1995 Panchayat elections, partly because of political uncertainty, but mostly because of social resistance to quotas.

  Academic text (1998)

• Nor does the Gram Sabha have the power to dissolve the Gram Panchayat in case there is deliberate default (e.g., embezzlement of funds).

  Academic text (1998)

• Martha and Mandakini have been working with women politicians since the inception of the Panchayat Raj Act in four of the poorest states of India: Haryana, Rajasthan, Bihar, and Gujarat.

  Academic text (2011)

• The village panchayat held a meeting to discuss local issues such as road repairs and water supply.

• After the dispute arose, the families turned to the panchayat for a resolution.

Synonyms

C

council

vspanchayat

572 2.9

A group of people who meet to discuss and make decisions about a town or organization

is specifically a village decision body that also settles local disputes

C

council of elders

vspanchayat

2 4.4

A group of older people in a community who give advice and make decisions

is a local body for general village administration not limited to elders

P

panchayet

vspanchayat

• Indian

9.9

A local group in India and southern Pakistan that manages village affairs and settles disputes

is the same idea but written as an alternate form

P

punchayet

vspanchayat

• Indian

9.9

A local village council in India and southern Pakistan that makes decisions and settles arguments

is the same idea but another spelling or variant form

B

barangay

vspanchayat

• Philippine

9.9

A small local community in the Philippines with its own leaders and events

is the South Asian village body used for local decision making and disputes

How Local

family gathering

15 1.0

panchayat

• Indian

1 9.9

town meeting

42 2.6

city council

88 2.4

Surface Forms

Etymology