Village Panchayat Department
- About the department –
1.1) Introduction:-
The Gram Panchayat Department is working for the development of the rural areas. The main objective of this department is to implement various activities to create clean, beautiful and green villages, strengthen the Panchayati Raj system through empowerment of people’s representatives under development programs through training, so that the villages in the district should become self-sufficient, all basic facilities should be available there and all facilities should be available to the people there in the villages themselves.
Through this department, various welfare schemes and activities are implemented for the development of rural areas and citizens. The goal of this department is to achieve constructive, inclusive and sustainable rural development through a strong Panchayat Raj system.
1.2) Vision and Mission:-
- To ensure the all-round development of Gram Panchayats through transparent, people-oriented, dynamic and responsive administration to the villagers of Gram Panchayats.
- Implementing various activities to create clean, beautiful and green villages.
- Strengthening the Panchayati Raj system through empowerment of people’s representatives under the Development through Training program.
1.3) Objectives and Tasks:-
Objectives – The main objective of this department is to provide transparent, people-oriented, dynamic and responsive administration to the villagers of Gram Panchayats for the all-round development of Gram Panchayats, implement various activities to create clean, beautiful and green villages for the all-round development of rural areas, and strengthen the Panchayati Raj system by empowering people’s representatives under development programs through training.
Functions:-
- Sustainable rural development.
- Implementing the schemes and programs of the Central and State Governments.
- Supervising the functioning of Gram Panchayats.
- To implement the flagship programs of the Central and State Governments decided from time to time.
1.4) Administrative Structure:-
Chief Executive Officer
Deputy Chief Executive Officer(Village Panchayat)
Block Development Officer, Panchayat Samiti
Assistant Block Development Officer, Panchayat Samiti
Extension Officer (Panchayat)
GramPanchayat Adhikari (Gramsevak/VDO)
1.6) Office –
1.6.1) Affiliated Offices:-
- Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department,
- Director, National Gram Swaraj Mission,
1.6.2) Director/Commissioner:-
- Divisional Commissioner Pune
1.7) Who’s Who :-
Block Development Officer
| A.S. | Taluka | Name/Post of Taluka Level Nodal Officer (Rural) | Contact number/mobile number and
Email address |
| 1 | Satara | Mr. Satish Buddhe
Block Development Officer, Panchayat Samiti Satara |
Contact No. 02162-234291
Moba.No 9130214986 Email bdosatara@gmail.com |
| 2 | Koregaon | Mrs. Supriya Chavan,
Block Development Officer, Panchayat Samiti Koregaon |
Contact No. 02163-220262
Moba.No.7798332211 Email bdokoregaon@gmail.com |
| 3 | Khatav | Dr. Jasmin Shaikh
Block Development Officer, Panchayat Samiti Khatav |
Contact No. 02161-231237
Moba.No 8329921162 Email bdokhatav@gmail.com |
| 4 | Man | Mr. Pradeep Shedge
Block Development Officer, Panchayat Samiti Man |
Contact No. 02165-220226
Moba.No 7798177050 Email bdoman96@gmail.com |
| 5 | Phaltan | Mr. Satish Kumbhar
Block Development Officer (In-charge) Panchayat Samiti Phaltan |
Contact No. 02166-222214
Moba.No 9011078273 Email phaltanbdo@gmail.com |
| 6 | Khandala | Mr. Anil Waghmare,
Block Development Officer, Panchayat Samiti Khandala |
Contact No. 02169-252124
Moba.No 8275037148 Email bdokhandala@gmail.com |
| 7 | Wai | Mr. Vijaykumar Parit
Block Development Officer, Panchayat Samiti Wai |
Contact No. 02167-227034
Moba.No 9975769162 Email pswaibdo@gmail.com |
| 8 | Javali | Mr. Nilesh Patil
Block Development Officer, Panchayat Samiti Javali |
Contact No. 02378-285226
Moba.No 8888816878 Email bdojawali@gmail.com |
| 9 | Mahabaleshwar | Mr. Yashwant Bhand
Block Development Officer, Panchayat Samiti Mahabaleshwar |
Contact No. 02168-260249
Moba.No 9767169269 Email bdomshwar27@gmail.com bdomahabaleshwar@gmail.com |
| 10 | Karad | Mr. Pratap Patil,
Block Development Officer, Panchayat Samiti Karad |
Contact No. 02164-222221
Moba.No 9518598985 Email bdokarad@gmail.com bdokarad1@gmail.com |
| 11 | Patan | Ms. Sarita Pawar
Block Development Officer, Panchayat Samiti Patan |
Contact No. 02372-283028
Moba.No 9850910884 Email bdopatan2012@gmail.com |
Directory –
| Name | Designation | Telephone number (02162) | Office address | |
| Shri.Archana Krishnadev Waghmale | Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Grapan) | dyceovpsatara@gmail.com | 295043 | 4th Floor, Zilla Parishad Satara Satara-Koregaon Road Sadar Bazar Satara. |
| Mr. Mahendra Prahlad Sapate | Sixth Block Development Officer (Gram Panchayat) | dyceovpsatara@gmail.com | 295043 | 4th Floor, Zilla Parishad Satara Satara-Koregaon Road Sadar Bazar Satara. |
Junior Administrative Officer:-
| Name | Designation | Telephone number (02162) | Office address | |
| Mr. Prashant vs Jayakumar Kulkarni | Junior Administrative Officer | dyceovpsatara@gmail.com | 295043 | 4th Floor, Zilla Parishad Satara Satara-Koregaon Road Sadar Bazar Satara. |
Plans/Programs
State Government
| A.S. | Department | Plan | Details |
| 1 | Gram Panchayat Department | Class C Tourism Development Program | To develop pilgrimage sites/places in rural areas. To provide basic basic facilities to pilgrims/travellers -The number of pilgrims/travellers visiting pilgrimage sites/places should be one lakh annually -Construction of connecting roads to places of pilgrimage, drinking water facilities, toilets, dharamshalas, parking lots, gardens etc. Infrastructure facilities.
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| 2 | Gram Panchayat Department | Special grant to Gram Panchayat for civic amenities | To develop the economic, social, cultural, industrial, agro-industrial and commercial development of large Gram Panchayats with a population of more than 5000. For this, on priority and first of all, to provide basic facilities and employment opportunities on par with the city to improve the quality of life there. Nature of work:- 1) Planned development 2) Market development 3) Public lighting 4) Creation of gardens, parks 5) Construction of study centers. |
| 3 | Gram Panchayat Department | Special grant to Gram Panchayat for public facilities | Providing ancillary facilities in cremation/burial grounds as well as construction of Gram Panchayat office building in rural areas – Gram Panchayat must approve the works selected through Gram Sabha. |
| 4 | Gram Panchayat Department | R.R. (Aba) Patil Beautiful Village Award Scheme | This scoring system is based on the “Beautiful Village Selection” in the brief, which includes cleanliness, management, accountability, non-conventional energy and environmental transparency and use of technology, and 100 points have been allocated for this.
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| 5 | Gram Panchayat Department | Area development program to provide basic/infrastructure facilities in minority dominated rural areas | To improve the standard of living of the minority citizens residing in rural areas by providing basic/infrastructural facilities in rural areas where the minority population is significant.
Terms and Conditions:- The population of the minority group (Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain and Parsi) out of the total population of the Gram Panchayat must be at least 100 or more. Nature of work:- All facilities including protective wall for graveyard/cremation ground/funeral ground, 2) Public hall/Shadikhana hall, 3) All civic/infrastructural facilities. Eg. Drinking water facility/electricity supply/Idgah/sewerage system/roads/street lights/public toilets etc. |
| 6 | Gram Panchayat Department | My Earth Mission | My Vasundhara Mission:
· “Majhi Vasundhara Abhiyan” based on the five elements of nature – earth, air, water, fire, and sky is being implemented in the state from October 2, 2020. Under this campaign, a competition is being held to effectively implement the environmental protection and conservation schemes of local self-government bodies such as urban local bodies and gram panchayats in a mission mode. · A toolkit in the form of indicators is prepared and given to the local self-government bodies to collect various government schemes/programmes/measures for the protection and conservation of the environment based on the five elements of nature and implement them effectively and in a mission mode. In which marks are kept to evaluate the work done by them. According to this toolkit, various measures are to be implemented in the local bodies during a period of one year from April to March. · All the local bodies participating in the Majhi Vasundhara Abhiyan are required to submit the information about the work done under the Majhi Vasundhara Abhiyan during the period from April to March in MIS format on the web portal of the Majhi Vasundhara Abhiyan. Thereafter, the desktop evaluation of the MIS filled by the local bodies is done through a third party system. · The local institutions that perform the highest in terms of merit in the desktop assessment are subject to a field assessment by a third-party system through a face-to-face visit to the relevant local institution. · Based on the total scores obtained in the desktop assessment and field assessment, the highest performing local organizations will be selected as winners and these local organizations will be honored on World Environment Day, i.e., June 5th. |
Central Government Schemes:-
| A.S. | Department | Plan | Details |
| 1 | Gram Panchayat Department | 15 th Finance Commission | For strengthening of rural local self-government institutions in the state Distributing grants. From the Rural Development and Water Conservation Department. Government Decision No. Panvia 2020 / No. 59 / Finance-4 dated June 26, 2020, the State will receive funds from the Central Government for the strengthening of rural local self-government institutions in the State in the form of two types of grants, namely Basic Grant (Untied) and Tied Grant (Tied), from April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2025. The present grant will be made available to all three levels, namely Zilla Parishad, Panchayat Samiti, and Gram Panchayat.
The said fund has been calculated as per the criteria of population and area as per the 2011 census. The present fund will be received in the form of two types of grants namely 1) Basic Grant (Untied) and 2) Tied Grant (Tied) and it has been divided in the ratio of 50% – 50%. |
| 2 | Gram Panchayat Department |
Central ownership scheme
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Uses drone technology to map lands, issue legal ownership cards (property cards/title deeds) to property owners and provide ‘records of rights’ to rural homeowners. The scheme ‘Swamitva’, a central sector scheme of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, was launched across the country on 24 April 2021 by the Hon’ble Prime Minister on National Panchayati Raj Day (2020-2021) after successfully completing the pilot phase of the scheme in 9 states. The scheme is a reformative step towards establishing clear ownership of property in rural inhabited ( ” Abadi ” ) areas by mapping land using drone technology and issuing legal ownership cards (property cards/property deeds) to property owners. The scheme is being implemented with the joint efforts of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, State Revenue Department, State Panchayati Raj Department and Survey of India. This scheme will facilitate asset monetization and enable bank lending, reduce property-related disputes, comprehensive rural level planning, achieve true Gram Swaraj and be a step towards making rural India self-reliant. |
Documents
Policies and guidelines.
As per the notification dated December 2, 2020 from the Urban Development Department, Unified Development Control and Promotion Regulations (UDCPR) have been approved in the state and have come into force from December 3, 2020. Accordingly, regulations have been made regarding the procedure for granting building permission for building construction, site selection, space to be left within the four boundaries of the plot, Floor Area Index (FSI), building safety, sewage system, rights to grant building permission according to the area of the plot, etc. Since the provisions of the said regulations have been applied to building construction within the limits of the Gram Panchayat, it is necessary for the Gram Panchayats to study the said regulations carefully and implement them. For this, the Satara Zilla Parishad has issued guidelines on June 8, 2021.
Annual Report
Planning Documents:-
Preparation of Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP)
Government Decision No.: P.V.A-2020/P.K.59/Finance-4, Rural Development Department dated June 26, 2020, as per the recommendations of the Fifteenth Central Finance Commission, funds have been received for the strengthening of rural local self-government institutions for a period of five years from April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2025. While distributing funds to the states, the Central Government has calculated the said funds as per the criteria of population and area as per the 2011 Census. The funds presented have been received in the form of two types of grants, 1) Basic Grant (Untied) and 2) Tied Grant (Tied), and have been divided in the ratio of 50-50 percent. Accordingly, the funds received in the form of the above two types of grants under the 15th Finance Commission have been distributed to the Panchayat Raj Institutions in accordance with the recommendations of the 15th Finance Commission and the guidelines issued by the Central Panchayat Ministry. The criteria for distributing funds to the Panchayat Raj Institutions in the state have been determined, the matters to be done by the Panchayat Raj Institutions from the distributed funds have been determined, and the guidelines/instructions to be followed by the Panchayat Raj Institutions while spending the funds have been determined.
Government Decision:-
| 1 | Grants to Gram Panchayats for civic facilities | Government resolution dated 16.9.2010 and 25.1.2018 |
| 2 | Grants to big Gram Panchayats for civic facilities | Government resolution dated 16.9.2010 |
| 3 | C ClassPilgrimage Development Program | Government resolution dated 16.11.2012 |
| 4 | R.R. (Aaba) Patil Smart Village Award Scheme | Government resolution dated 21.11.2016 and 20.3.2020 |
| 5 | Majhi Vasundhara Abhiyan 5.0 | Government resolution dated 6.9.2024 |
Law and regulations
- Maharashtra Village Panchayat Act
- Maharashtra Taxes and Fees Rules 1960
Right to Information
| A.No. | Assistant Public Information Officer | Public Information Officer | First Appellate Officer |
| 1. | Senior Assistant (Administration) | Junior Administration Officer Zilla Parishad Satara | Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Gram Panchayat) Zilla Parishad Satara |
| 2. | Junior Assistant (Administration) | ||
| Gram Panchayat Officer | |||
| Email- dyceovpsatar@gmail.com Phone No- 02162- 295043 | |||