Important Structural Aspects of Panchayati Raj Institutions and Decision-Making

As a governance body of democratic India Panchayati raj is the most crucial decentralised system of governance at grass-root level. These decentralised bodies have brought decision-making authorities in the hand of local people and provides the opportunity to take part in the decision-making process of their own empowerment and development. So, it became very important to understand and get familiar with the related concepts and decision-making aspects with in the structure of Panchayati raj Institutions. Aim of this paper is to get an insight into some important aspects of decision-making with respect to Panchayati Raj Institutions. In this paper the structural aspects of these institutions and type of functions performed at all the three levels of Panchayati Raj Institutions are also described.