The West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973 - MGNREGA Jalpaiguri, Home

(ii) undertake execution of any scheme, performance of any act, or management of any
institution or organisation entrusted to it by the State Government or any other authority,
(iii) manage or maintain any work of public utility or any institution vested in it or under
its control and management,
(iv) make grants in aid of any school, public library, public institution or public welfare
organisation within the district,
(v) contribute such sums as may be agreed upon towards the cost of maintenance of any
institutions, situated outside the district, which are beneficial to, and habitually used by,
the inhabitants of the district,
(vi) establish scholarships or award stipends within the State for the furtherance of
technical or other special forms of education,
(vii) acquire and maintain village hats and markets;
(b) make grants to the Panchayat Samitis or Gram Panchayats;
(c) contribute, with the approval of the State Government, such sum or sums as it may
decide, towards the cost of water-supply or anti-epidemic measures undertaken by the
commissioners of a municipality within the district;
(d) adopt measures for the relief of distress;
(e) co-ordinate and integrate the development plans and schemes prepared by Panchayat
Samitis in the district; and
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(2) A Zilla Parishad shall have the power to advise the State Government on all matters
relating to the development work among Gram Panchayats and Panchayat Samitis.
(3) Notwithstanding anything in sub-section (1), a Zilla Parishad shall not undertake or
execute any scheme confined to a block unless the implementation of such a scheme is
beyond the competence of the Panchayat Samiti concerned financially or otherwise. In
the latter case the Zilla Parishad may execute the scheme itself or entrust its execution to
the Panchayat Samiti and give it such assistance as may be required:
2 Provided that a Zilla Parishad may undertake or execute any scheme referred to in subclause
(ii) of clause (a) of sub-section (1) confined to an area over which a Panchayat
Samiti has jurisdiction.
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