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 institution or public welfare organisation
within the Block;
(b) make grants to the Zilla Parishad 1 [or Mahakuma Parishad or Council] or Gram
Panchayat:
(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 a
municipality within the Block;
(d) adopt measures for the relief of distress;
(e) co-ordinate and integrate the development plans and schemes prepared by Gram
Panchayats in the Blocks if and when necessary;
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(2) Notwithstanding anything in sub-section (1), a Panchayat Samiti shall not undertake
or execute any scheme confined to an area over which a Gram Panchayat has
jurisdiction unless the Gram Panchayat is of opinion that the implementation of such
a scheme is beyond its competence financially or otherwise and passes a resolution to
that effect. In the latter case the Panchayat Samiti may execute the scheme itself or
entrust its execution to the Gram Panchayat. and give such assistance as may be
required:
3 Provided that a Panchayat Samiti may undertake or execute any scheme referred to in
sub-clause (ii) of clause (a) of sub-section (1) confined to an area over which a Gram
Panchayat has jurisdiction.
(3) A Panchayat Samiti may undertake or execute any scheme if it extends to more than
one Gram
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