Standing Committees

The Zilla Panchayat has the following Standing Committees, namely: – 1) General Standing Committee; 2) Finance, Audit and Planning Committee; 3) Social Justice Committee; 4) Educational and Health Committee; 5) Agricultural and Industries Committee.

General Standing Committee

The Upadhyaksha shall be the ex officio member and Chairman of the committee. This committee shall perform functions relating to the establishment matters and functions relating to communications, buildings, rural housing, village extensions, relief against the natural calamities and allied matters and all miscellaneous residuary matters.

Finance, Audit and Planning Committee

The Adhyaksha shall be the ex officio member and Chairman of this committee. This committee shall perform (i) The functions of finances of the Zilla Panchayat framing of budgets, scrutinizing proposals for increase of revenue, examination of receipts and expenditure statements, consideration of all proposals affecting the finances of the Zilla Panchayat and general supervisions of the revenue and expenditure of the Zilla Panchayat. (ii) The Plan priorities, allocation of outlays to developments, horizontal and vertical linkages, implementation of guidelines issued by the Government, regular review of planned programmes, evaluation of important programmes and small saving schemes

Social Justice Committee

This Standing committee shall elect the Chairman from among their members. This committee shall perform the functions relating to : – (i) Promotion of educational, economic, social, cultural and other interest of the Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribes and Backward Classes; (ii) Protecting them from social injustice and all other forms exploitation; (iii) Amelioration of the Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribes and Backward Classes; (iv) Securing social justice to the Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribes, women and other weaker sections of the society.

Education and Health Committee

This Standing committee shall elect the Chairman from among their members. This committee shall perform the following functions: – (i) Be in-charge of all educational activities of the Zilla Panchayat; (ii) Undertake the planning of education in the district within the framework of the national policy and the national and State plans; (iii) Survey and evaluate the educational activities of the Zilla Panchayat; (iv) Perform such other duties pertaining to education, adult literacy and cultural activities as the Zilla Panchayat may assign to it; (v) Health services, hospitals, water supply, family welfare and other allied matters.

Agriculture and Industry Committee

This Standing committee shall elect the Chairman from among their members. This committee shall perform the following functions: – (i) Agricultural production, animal husbandry, co-operation, contour bunding and reclamation; (ii) Village and cottage industries; (iii) Promotion of industrial development of the district.