Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Functions of the Area Sabha.-An Area Sabha shall perform and discharge the following functions and duties, namely, – (a) to generate proposals and determine the priority of schemes and development programmes to be implemented in the Area Sabha and forward the same to Ward Committee for inclusion in the development plan of the Ward Committee; (b) to identify the most eligible persons for beneficiary-oriented schemes on the basis of criteria fixed by the Government and prepare the list of beneficiaries in order of priority and forward the same to Ward Committee for inclusion in the development plan of the Ward Committee; (c) to verify the eligibility of persons getting various kinds of welfare assistance from Government such as pensions and subsidies; (d) to get information from the officials concerned as to the services they will render and the works proposed to be executed in the area in the upcoming quarter after the meeting of the Ward Committee; 49 (e) to seek information from the Ward Committee of follow up action taken on the decisions concerning the jurisdiction of the area; (f) to identify the deficiencies in water supply, street lighting and sanitation arrangements in the jurisdiction of the Area Sabha and to suggest the remedial measures to the Ward Committee; (g) to suggest the location of street lights, public taps, public wells, public toilets to the Ward Committee; and (h) to assist in the activities of public health centres in the area; and to perform such other functions as may be prescribed.