Haryana Government sets minimum qualification for candidates in Panchayati Raj polls
Haryana Assembly has passed Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2015 that seeks to fix matriculation as minimum educational qualification for elections to Panchayati Raj institutions (PRIs).
With this Haryana became second state in India after Rajasthan to fix educational and other qualifications for the candidates contesting Panchayat elections.
Key provisions of bill
- General candidates contesting the Panchayat elections should have class X certificates i.e. matriculation as essential qualification.
- For Women (general) and Scheduled Caste candidates’, class VIII mark-sheet is mandatory. The educational qualification for SC candidates for the post of ‘panch’ is class V.
- Mandatory for the candidates contesting PRI elections to have functional toilets and payment of power bills.
- Candidates should not have been charge-sheeted by any court of law and must not be loan defaulters.
Comment
State government has taken this decision to improve the quality of leadership and governance in PRIs. The amendment bill will also enable elected representatives of PRIs to be more accountable to people, as they would no longer be able to cite illiteracy as an excuse.
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Month: Current Affairs - September, 2015
mohd irshad
September 9, 2015 at 12:16 pmexcellent decision take by the haryana govt…we may be see gudd result in the future …
santosh vaidya
September 9, 2015 at 4:39 pmi fully appreciate to this decision….it wil improve the quality and leadership of election….
Ravi
September 9, 2015 at 5:01 pmvery good move on the path of Rajasthan…but it’s pity to see that to contest in Panchyat elections a minmum education is defined in few states but not for LA elections
mahesh parmar
September 10, 2015 at 11:08 amit is imortant move by both stat government