I. In order to strengthen the Panchayati Raj Institutions in Rajasthan the following rights have been entrusted to them by issuing notification in Jan. 2000.
1. Primary Health Centres and sub centres have been transferred to the Panchayati Raj Institutions. They will be technically controlled by the Medical and Health department but the administrative control will be of the Zila Parishads.
2. The Panchayati Raj Institutions have been made responsible to execute effectively all the public health and family welfare related programmes.
3. ‘B’ category Ayurvedic hospitals in the rural areas have been put under the control of the Panchayat Raj Institutions, but the Ayurvedic department will continue the technical control on them.
4. Non-Conventional Energy activities falling under the Integrated Rural Energy programmes, such as street light, domestic electricity etc. shall be under these institutions.
5. All activities related to the maintenance of hand pumps, staff and budget shall be transferred gradually, to the Panchayati Raj Institutions.
6. Sub Veterinary Centres also shall be transferred to these institutions.
7. They would be given the responsibility of allocation and maintenance of fishing tanks.
8. Control of Panchayat Raj Institution on the water encatchment areas under the integrated rural development programmes.
9. Agriculture Extension activists have been deputed under the Panchayat Raj Institutions.
10. Aanganbadi has also been transferred to the Panchayati Raj and also the control over Khadi administration.
11.Control over and maintenance of ponds under the irrigation department.
12.Full participation of the institutions in the allocation of Rationing shops new ration cards and the complete record of distributed goods. All the decisions regarding approval for issuing ration cards, increase in the timings of the ration shops and their closures/cancellations, shall be taken in the Gram Sabha and these institutions shall be linked with the vigilance samiti for the survey of Public distribution system.
II. On 2nd Oct, 2010 on the occasion of The Gandhi Jayanti the state government transferred to the Panchayati Raj Institutions the Elementary education, agriculture, medical and health services, women and child development and social justice etc. A samiti has been appointed under the chairmanship of district collector at the district level to execute the power entrusted to the Panchayat Raj Institutions. Another samiti has been formed at the state level to find solution to the problems and hazards in their implementation.
