(1) Every Village Panchayat shall constitute the following Committees, namely -
(i) Appointment Committee
(ii) Development Committee
(iii) Agricultural and Watershed Committee
(iv) Works Committee
(v) Education Committee
(2) The Village Panchayat shall select members for each Committee as indicated in the respective provisions of these Rules. The President and members of the Village Panchayat may serve in one or more Committees. No member of a Committee shall act as Chairman for more than three Committees. The President shall be ex-officio member of all the Committees constituted under sub-Rule (1).
4. Appointment Committee - (1) The Appointment Committee shall consist of the President of the Village Panchayat and of its members selected from among its members annually.
(2) The Appointment Committee may select candidates for appointment to any of the posts sanctioned in the Village Panchayats as prescribed in section 101 of the Act (except the posts which are specifically excluded from the purview of the provisions of the Act or the Rules made thereunder) and the pay of which is debitable to the funds of the Village Panchayat.
5. Development Committee - (1) (a) The Chairman of the Development Committee shall be selected from among the women members of the Village Panchayat.
(b) The Development Committee shall consist of the following members namely -
(i) Two members of the Village Panchayat
(ii) One Noon Meal Organiser
(iii) one Head Master or Headmistress of local Primary or Middle School.
(iv) One Non –Governmental Organiser or Social Worker
(v) representative from one Self Helf Group
(vi) one Village Health Nurse
(vii) one Rural Welfare Officer
(viii) Secretary of the Primary Agriculture Co-operative Society;
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(2) The Development Committee shall-
(a) promote community maintenance of assets in the field of health, drinking water and sanitation;
(b) supervise the protected drinking water supply to all the areas of the Panchayat Village to ensure prevention of communicable diseases;
(c) organize immunization and vaccination camps and promote better health care;
(d) create awarness to promote, organize campaignr elating to public health, water and rural sanitation;
(e) inspect health sub-centres and health centres located in the Panchayat Village and submit its observations suggestions for discussion in the Village Panchayat.
(f) Promote participation of the users of drinking water in maintenance of water supply system;
(g) Promote individual household toilets, group toilets, school and community sanitation and women sanitary complex;
(h) Process and recommend the resolution passed by the habitation or Ward Committees;
(i) Promote the Welfare of Women, children, physically handicapped, destitute, widows aged people, bonded labourers, scheduled castes and scheduled tribes;
(j) form self help groups;
(k) take action for eradication or child labour, prohibition of liquor, prevent Female infanticide, promotion of anti party, promotion of communal harmony, eradication of untouchability and implementation of Poverty Reduction Project;
(l) assist the Village Panchayat in the maintenance of hand pumps, power pumps, overhead tanks, drinking water ooranies and any other means of drinking water supply in the Panchayat Village;
(m) assist the Village Panchayat to watch the functioning of ration shop under Public Distribution System in Panchayat Village and monitor timely supply of goods in prescribed quantity and quality, display of daily stock position in retail shop, price of each commodity sold, supply among the card holders and suggest steps to redress the public grievances.
(n) assist the Village Panchayat for the preparation of comprehensive Village development plan.
(3) The Committee may visit and inspect such centre, establishment or institution within the area of the Panchayat Village. The Chairman of the Committee shall intimate in writing to the Head of the centre establishment or institution within three days in advance indicating the date, time and purpose of visit or inspection.