Panchayats and Rural Development

Panchayats and Rural Development Department is entrusted with the responsibility of constitution and framing policy related to functioning of the rural local self-government, i.e. the Panchayats.

West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973

An Act to reorganize, strengthen and expand the activities of Panchayats in rural areas of West Bengal to enable them to act as units of self-government and to strive for socio-economic development and securing social justice for the people and to provide formatters connected therewith.

Panchayat Election Acts, Rules, Guidelines, Forms

Guidelines for Observers, Handbook of Presiding Officer, Handbook of Returning Officer, West Bengal Panchayat General Election Act, 2003, West Bengal Panchayat General Election Rules, 2006, West Bengal Panchayat (Constitution) Rules, 1975

Panchayat General Election in West Bengal – 8th

The eighth Panchayat General Elections to 3-tier Panchayats will be held in this State within a short period from now. As has been assessed, around four lakhs of polling personnel will be required for smooth conduct of the above elections.

Enhancement of Contractual Remuneration of MGNREGA Employees

Village Level Entrepreneurs (VLE) engaged for the purpose of making data entry who are paid on pro-rata basis, the Department makes an ad-hoc increase of 30% in respect of data entry charge in respect of all existing data entry interfaces.