West Bengal Assembly passes Bill depriving panchayat pradhans of financial powers
32 MLAs did not participate in the voting process.The proposed legislation seeks to amend several provisions of the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973, with the stated objective of ensuring administrative stability, uninterrupted public service delivery and smoother functioning of rural local bodies. Fearing fake certificates, Centre orders stricter scrutiny of digitised birth and death recordsThe bill also addresses situations where no gram panchayat meeting is held for two consecutive months due to the absence of the pradhan and deputy pradhan. Henceforth, the elected panchayat heads will only approve any proposal.
- ▪32 MLAs did not participate in the voting process.The proposed legislation seeks to amend several provisions of the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973, with the stated objective of ensuring administrative stability, uninterrupted public servic
- ▪Fearing fake certificates, Centre orders stricter scrutiny of digitised birth and death recordsThe bill also addresses situations where no gram panchayat meeting is held for two consecutive months due to the absence of the pradhan and deput
- ▪Henceforth, the elected panchayat heads will only approve any proposal.
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The proposed legislation seeks to amend several provisions of the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973, with the stated objective of ensuring administrative stability, uninterrupted public service delivery and smoother functioning of rural local bodiesThe West Bengal Legislative Assembly on Saturday (July 26, 2026) passed the West Bengal Panchayat ( Second Amendment), 2026 Bill depriving elected representatives of panchayats of financial powers.The bill was passed with 169 votes polled in favour of the bill, while 13 MLAs voted against it.
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