Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Functions and duties of Panchayat Samiti.-- Subject to such exceptions and conditions as the State Government may by general or special order impose it shall be the duty of a Panchayat Samiti to provide for and make arrangements for carrying out the requirements of the area under its jurisdiction, in respect of the following matters, namely: - (1) Agriculture.-- The doing of everything necessary to step up agricultural production and in particular-- (i) multiplication and distribution of improved seeds: (ii) distribution of fertilizers; (iii) popularisation of improved techniques, methods and practices and improved implements; (iv) achieving self-sufficiency in green manure and composition of farm yard manure; (v) encouraging fruit and vegetable cultivation: (vi) reclamation of land and swamps and conservation of soil: (vii) providing credit for agricultural purposes: (viii) propagating and assisting in plant protection methods: (ix) laying out demonstration plots and working out better methods of farm management: (x) utilizing more power for agricultural purposes: (xi) tree planting; (xii) growing of village forests. (2) Land improvement and Soil Conservation.-- Assisting the State Government and the Zila Parishad in the implementation of land improvement and soil conversation programmes of the State Government. (3) Minor Irrigation, Water Management and Watershed Development.- (i) assisting the State Government and the Zila Parishad in the construction and maintenance of minor irrigation works; and (ii) implementation of community and individual irrigation works; (4) Poverty Alleviation Programme.-- Planning and implementation of poverty alleviation programmes and Schemes: : (5) Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Poultry.-- (i) maintenance of veterinary and animal husbandry services; (ii) improvement of breed of cattle, poultry and other livestock: (ili) promotion of dairying, farming, poultry and piggery: and (iv) prevention of epidemics and contagious diseases. (6) Fisheries. — Promotion of fisheries development: (7) Khadi Village and Cottage Industries.-- (i) promotion of rural and cottage industries; and 92 THE PUNJAB PANCHAYATI RAJ ACT, 1994 (ii) organisation of conferences, seminars and_ training programmes, agricultural and industrial exhibitions, (8) Rural Housing.-- implementation of Housing Schemes and distribution of house sites in villages, (9) Orinking Water.-- (i) establishment, repairs and maintenance of rural water supply schemes; (ii) prevention and control of water pollution; (iii) implementation of rural sanitation schemes, (10) Social and Farm Forestry, Minor Forest Produce, Fuel and Fodder.-- (i) planting and preservation of trees on the sides of roads and other public lands under its control; (ii) fuel plantation and fodder development; and (iii) promotion of farm forestry and development of nurseries; (11) Roads, Buildings, Bridges, Ferries, Waterways and other means of communication.-- (i) construction and maintenance of public roads, drains, culverts and other means of communications which are not under the control of any other local authority of the State Government; (ii) maintenance of any buildings or other property vested in the Panchayat Samiti, (iii) maintenance of boats, ferries and waterways including management of such public ferries as may be entrusted to the charge of a Panchayat Samiti under section 7-A of the Northern Indian Ferries Act, 1878; (12) Non-Conventional Energy Sources.— Promotion and development of non-conventional energy sources: (13) Education including Primary and Secondary Schools.-- (i) promotion of Primary and Secondary Education; (ii) construction, repair and maintenance of primary school buildings; (iii) promotion of social education through youth clubs and mahila mandals; (14) Technical Training and Vocational Education.-- promotion of rural artisan and vocational training; (15) Adult and non-formal education.-- implementation of adult literacy; (16) Cultural Activities.— promotion of social and cultural activities; (17) Markets and Fairs.-- regulation of fairs and festivals including cattle fairs: THE PUNJAB PANCHAYATI RAJ ACT, 1994 93 (48) Health and Family Welfare.-- (i) promotion of health and family welfare programme, (ii) promotion immunisation and vaccination programme, (iii) health and sanitation of fairs and festivals; (iv) registration of births, deaths and marriages, (v) disposal of unclaimed dead bodies; (19) Women and Child Development.-- . (i) promotion of programmes relating to development of women and children; (ii) promotion of school health and nutrition programmes, (iii) promotion of participation of voluntary organisations in women and child development programmes, (20) Social Welfare including Welfare of the Handicapped and Mentally Retarded.-- (i) Social Welfare programmes including handicapped, mentally retarded and destitutes, (ii) monitoring the old age and widow's pensions for the handicapped; (iii) regulation of offensive and dangerous trades and practice: (iv) prevention of dowry and other social evils: (21) Welfare of the weaker sections and in particular of the Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes.-- (i) Promotion of welfare of Sctieduled Castes, Backward Classes and other weaker sections of society: Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes and al injustice and exploitation, welfare of and pensions (ii) protecting other weaker sections from soci (22) Maintenance of Community Assets.-— (i) maintaining all community assets vested in or under the management or control transferred by the State Government or any local authority of organisation, n and maintenance of other community assets, (ii) preservatio distribution of essential (23) Public Distribution Systems.-~- commodities, (24) Rural Electrification.-- distribution of electricity; (25) Co-operation. (26) Libraries.-- establishment, libraries, (27) Such other functions as Government. promotion of rural electrification including — promation of co-operative activities, maintenance and promotion of may be entrusted by the State ee o4 THE PUNJAB PANCHAYAT RAJ ACT, 1994