The number of Panchayati Raj
Institutions (PRIs) in the North-Eastern States is as under:-
|
S.
No.
|
State
or Union Territory
|
District
Panchayats
|
Intermediate
Panchayats
|
Gram
Panchayats
|
|
1
|
Assam
|
21
|
185
|
2202
|
|
2
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
16
|
161
|
1779
|
|
3
|
Tripura
|
4
|
23
|
511
|
|
4
|
Manipur
|
4
|
NA
|
165
|
In Assam,
Panchayati Raj Institutions do not exist in 6 districts covered under
Autonomous Councils. These 6 districts
are Karbi Anglong, North Cachar, Baksha, Kokrajhar, Chirang and Udalguri. The whole
of Arunachal Pradesh is covered by Panchayati Raj Institutions. The areas under Tripura Tribal Areas
Autonomous District Council (TAADC) do not have Panchayati Raj Institutions but
they have Elected Village Committees.
Rest of Tripura has Panchayati Raj Institutions. In Manipur, the hill areas consisting of the
Districts Senapati, Churachandpur,
Ukhrul, Tamenglong and Chandel are not covered under Panchayati Raj
Institutions. Rest of Manipur has
PRIs. Meghalaya, Nagaland and Mizoram do
not have PRIs. However, Mizoram has
elected Village Councils.
An Inter-Ministerial Team (IMT) with the initiative of
Ministry of Panchayati Raj has been holding consultation with these States for
furthering the process of decentralized governance where PRIs do not exist. The issues taken up by the IMT include
constitution of Gram Sabha and reservation for women.
Gram Sabhas actively function in the areas with PRIs. The District Councils in Mizoram in Sixth
Schedule areas have passed legislations in July and August, 2011 to recognize
Gram Sabhas, and make the Village Councils
accountable to them.
In
Tripura, 50% of the seats in Village Committee is
reserved for women. In Sixth Schedule
areas of Mizoram, the District Councils have legislated for having one woman
member in each Village Council to begin with.
They have also legislated that at least two of the nominated members in
the District Council shall be women. Sixth Schedule areas of Assam and
Meghalaya do not have elected Village Councils. There is no reservation for
women in Village Councils of Nagaland and Village Authorities of Meghalaya.
The above information was given by the
Minister of Panchayati Raj Shri
V. Kishore Chandra Deo in
the Lok Sabha today.