District Development & Panchayat Office

Soon after independence a program of Community Development & National Extension Service was introduced, to be implemented through a series of Community Development Blocks. The first two community blocks in the Distt. were constituted in 1952 and by the end of 1956 their number rose to 8 and was 14 by the end of 1961.

After the reorganisation of the Distt in August 1979, the Distt was left with 9 blocks namely Gurgaon, Pataudi, Sohna, Farrukh Nagar ( Tehsil Gurgaon ) Nuh ( Tehsil Nuh ), Taoru ( Tehsil Taoru ) F.P. Jhirka, Nagina ( Tehsil F.P. Jhirka ) Punhana ( Tehsil Punhana).

With the implementation of the 73^rd Constitutional Amendment, there are now 3 tiers (i) Panchayats at village level i.e. Gram Panchayat,(ii) Block level i.e. Panchayat Samiti &(iii) District level i.e. Zila Parishad. The Distt has 514 Sarpanches & 4707 Panches in the Gram Panchayats,and 186 Panchayat Samiti members & 24 Zila Parishad members.

The A.D.C. is the ex-officio Chief Executive Officer of the Zila Parishad & the B.D.P.Os function as the ex-officio Executive Officer of the Panchayat Samitis.

All the seats in the three tier Panchayati Raj system are filled by direct election from respective territorial constituencies. Not less than 1/3rd of the total seats of the members as well as the offices of the Chairpersons of each tier have been reserved for women. Reservation for Scheduled Castes & Tribes have been provided at all levels in proportion to their population at all levels.

It is not easy to assess the peoples contribution in development activities because it is mostly in the shape of manual labour voluntary participation which is difficult to evaluate. The achievements of these b;locks cannot be assessed in exact terms. Hence only a general description of their activities is given below.

Improve seeds, implements, green-manure and fertilizers are supplied to the cultivators at subsidised rate. They are encouraged to preserve dung in pits and help in reclaiming lands and in laying out model farms. Financial assistance is given for constructing percolation well and installing pumping aets and tubewells. Cow and buffalo bulls of good breed are supplied to villagers. Artificial insemination centers have been opened. Each center has a few sub-centers attached to it and has pedigree bulls.

Health and sanitation activities cover opening of new hospitals, rural health centers, rural dispensaries, child welfare and maternity centers, construction of drains dry latrines and smokeless chullahs, pavement of streets, installation of hand pumps and construction of wells for drinking water.

Educational activities cover opening of new schools, upgrading of old schools, conservation of schools into basic type and construction and repairing of school buildings.