{"id":1846,"date":"2013-05-08T12:31:49","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T07:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/directory\/?p=1846"},"modified":"2013-05-24T13:49:16","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T08:19:16","slug":"panchayati-raj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/directory\/panchayati-raj","title":{"rendered":"Panchayati Raj"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a title=\"ministry of panchayati raj\" href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.co.in\/maps?ll=28.619299,77.215133&amp;spn=0.024148,0.048795&amp;t=m&amp;z=15\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1847\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/directory\/panchayati-raj\/panchaiti\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/05\/panchaiti.png?fit=1021%2C555&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1021,555\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"panchaiti\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/05\/panchaiti.png?fit=640%2C348&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1847 alignright\" alt=\"panchaiti\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/panchaiti-300x163.png?resize=300%2C163&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/05\/panchaiti.png?resize=300%2C163&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/directory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/05\/panchaiti.png?w=1021&amp;ssl=1 1021w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Panchayati Raj<\/h2>\n<p>The panchayat raj&#8221; is a South Asian political system mainly in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. It is the oldest system of local government in the Indian subcontinent. The word &#8220;panchayat&#8221; literally means &#8220;assembly&#8221; (ayat) of five (panch) wise anted during the British administration[citation needed]. Raj literally means &#8220;governance or government&#8221;. Mahatma Gandhi advocated Panchayati Raj, a decentralized form of Government where each village is responsible for its own affairs, as the foundation of India&#8217;s political system. The term for such a vision was Gram Swaraj (&#8220;village self-governance&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Address :<\/strong> Krishi Bhawan,<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road,<\/p>\n<p>New Delhi,110001<\/p>\n<p><strong>Phone no.<\/strong>: +91 11 23385879, 23385885<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fax:<\/strong> +91 11 23070577,23388480<\/p>\n<p><strong>Website<\/strong> : https:\/\/panchayat.gov.in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Panchayati Raj The panchayat raj&#8221; is a South Asian political system mainly in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. It is the oldest system of local government in the Indian subcontinent. The word &#8220;panchayat&#8221; literally means &#8220;assembly&#8221; (ayat) of five (panch) wise anted during the British administration[citation needed]. Raj literally means &#8220;governance or government&#8221;. Mahatma Gandhi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3578,45281,3579,3574,3577,3581,3580,3576,3575],"class_list":["post-1846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-courts","tag-address-of-panchayati-raj-","tag-central-ministry","tag-email-of-panchayati-raj-","tag-panchayati-raj","tag-panchayati-raj-","tag-phone-no-of-panchayati-raj-","tag-website-of-panchayati-raj-","tag-what-is-panchayati-raj-","tag-what-is-the-work-of-panchayati-raj-"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Panchayati Raj<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Panchayati Raj\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/directory\/panchayati-raj\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Panchayati Raj\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Panchayati Raj\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/directory\/panchayati-raj\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Find a Lawyer in India - 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