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General Knowledge for SSC Exams (Basic Concepts of Panchayati Raj)
General Knowledge for SSC Exams (Basic Concepts of Panchayati Raj)
The basic concept of Panchayati Raj is that villagers should think, decide and act in their own socio-economic interests.
Thus, the Panchayati Raj Act is related to village self-governance, where the people in the form of an organization will think, decide and act for their collective interest. Self-government allows us to decide about ourselves without hampering others interest. Whenever we talk about collective benefit one point is clear, there is no conflict between the villagers’ collective interest on one side and societal and national interest on the other, rather they are complementary. Where panchayats end their activities the state government takes them up.
