Haryana Panchayati Raj Amendment Act, 2015


 
 
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Panchayati Raj Amendment Act, 2015

The Haryana Legislative Assembly passed the Panchayati Raj Amendment Act, 2015 with a view to empowering the gram panchayat.

The main points of this act are as follows:

  • Person to be elected in all the institutions of Panchayati Raj should be educated till class tenth.
  • Women and Scheduled Castes should be educated till class 8th and women of Scheduled Caste should study upto class five to be elected in these institutions.
  • Haryana has become the Second State in India after Rajasthan to mandate to fix minimum educational qualification for those contesting in Panchayati Raj Institutions. This came into effect from 7th September, 2015.
  • This act barred people from contesting elections which are:

            1. People who were charged in a criminal case that could be punished with imprisonment of more than 10 years.

            2. Those who defaulted on agricultural loans.

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