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What are the provisions of the Rajasthan Panchayat Raj (amendment) ordinance, 2000?

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The Rajasthan Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 was amended through an ordinance of January 7, 2000. Its main provision are:

1. Establishment of ward sabha in place of gram sabhas, making Rajasthan the first state in this respect. The B.P.L. families of the ward shall be benefitted through the concerned ward sabha. 

2. The ward Sabha shall prepare development plans and get done other important works. It must meet at least twice a year. 

3. Panchayat samiti, Panchayat, Zila Parishad, state government and any officer deputed for it, can place any subject in the ward sabha meeting. 

4. Ward sabha shall certify the eligibility of the individuals for the welfare plans. 

5. There shall be a gram sabha for the Gram Panchayat area, which will include all the individual members registered in the electoral rolls of the concerned villages within the Panchayat area. 

6. Gram sabha shall hold at least 2 meetings a year. 

7. There is a provision to form the vigilance samiti and the standing samiti at the Panchayat level. 

8. The person unable to pay back the loan amount to the Panchayat has been disqualified for the elections. 

9. One having more than two children shall be disqualified for contesting the Panchayat elections. 

10.Election expenses for the Panchayat have been specified, such as maximum limit up to Rs. 5,000 for the office of Sarpanch, Rs. 10,000 for the Panchayat Samiti Member and Rs. 20,000 for the Zila Parishad member, on the use of posters, banners, leaflets etc. 

11.The charge of office of any chairperson in case of his dismissal or otherwise shall be handed over to the person of the same caste (as scheduled caste) for which he was elected in the reserved office. 

12. In order to check the interference of the elected representatives, the provision has been made that the Panchayati Raj Institution shall work in cooperation with the chairman of the standing samiti. 

13.Gram Sabha gives prior approval to all the social and economic development plans and programmes and the plans and programmes approved by the ward sabha to be implemented by the Panchayat Samiti.

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