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General powers of the Grama Panchayat.- Grama Panchayat shall have powers to do all acts necessary for or incidental to the carrying out of the functions entrusted, assigned or delegated to it and in particular and without prejudice to the forgoing powers, to exercise all powers specified under this Act. 1[60A. Mode of making contracts, – (1) every contract or agreement entered into on behalf of the Gram Panchayat for execution of works or for supply of goods or services shall be in accordance with the provisions of this section and the Karnataka transparency in public procurement Act . 1999. (2) The panchayat development officer shall execute the contract or agreements on behalf of the Gram Panchayat in respect of matters which he is empowered to carry out under the provisions of any law for the time being in force and such contract or agreement shall be executed up to such amount of value of the contract or agreement as may be prescribed by the government from time to time.