Panchayat samiti

[1] The 73rd Amendment defines the levels of panchayati raj institution as :[2] The panchayat samiti is the link between the gram panchayat (village council) and the zila parishad (district council).

In India, local self-government bodies exist at intermediary level and are known by different names in different states.

These bodies are responsible for providing various services to the people in their respective areas, such as sanitation, healthcare, education, and infrastructure.

[4][5][6][7] Typically, a taluka panchayat is composed of elected members of the area: the block development officer, members of the state's legislative assembly, members of parliament belonging to that area, otherwise unrepresented groups (Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and women), associate members (such as a farmer, a representative of the cooperative societies and one from the agricultural marketing services sector) and the elected members of that panchayat block (tehsil) on the zila parishad (district board).

[9] The panchayat samiti collects all the prospective plans prepared at gram panchayat level and processes them for funding and implementation by evaluating them from the angles of financial constraints, social welfare, and area development.