Bihar Ward Sabha & Ward Implementation and Management Committee Conduct of Business Rules, 2017

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    "title": "Bihar Ward Sabha & Ward Implementation and Management Committee Conduct of Business Rules, 2017",
    "short_title": "Bihar Ward Sabha & Ward Implementation and Management Committee Conduct of Business Rules, 2017",
    "act_number": "Published vide Notification No. 8Pa/6-04-01/2016/5",
    "act_year": 2017,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Bihar",
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    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "Bihar Ward Sabha & Ward Implementation and Management Committee Conduct of Business Rules, 2017",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"Act\" means the Bihar Panchayat Raj Act, 2006;\n(b) \"Section\" means the section of the Bihar Panchayat Raj Act, 2006;\n(c) \"Government\" means the State Government of Bihar;\n(d) \"Mukhiya\" means a Mukhiya of the Gram Panchayat elected under the provisions of the Act;\n(e) \"Member of Gram Panchayat or Ward Member\" mean member of the Gram Panchayat elected under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of Section 12 of the Act;\n(f) \"Gram Sabha\" means a body constituted consisting of persons registered therein the electoral roll pertaining to any village falling within the territorial area of a Panchayat at village level;\n(g) \"Ward Sabha\" means a Ward Sabha constituted under sub-section (1) of section 170 A;\n(h) \"Ward Sabha Secretary\" means the Secretary of the Ward Sabha selected under sub-rule (4) of rule 3 of these rules;\n(i) \"Ward Implementation and Management Committee\" means the Ward Implementation and Management Committee constituted under Section 170B of the Act;\n(j) \"Member Secretary\" means Secretary of the Ward Implementation and Management Committee;\n(k) \"Executive Officer\" means an Executive Officer of the Panchayat Samiti appointed under Section 60 of the Act;\n(l) All words and expressions used in these Rules but not defined shall have the same meaning which is respectively assigned to them in the Act.",
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        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Ward Sabha and its meetings.",
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Place of meeting.",
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            "content": "",
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        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Publication of notice of meeting.",
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            "content": "(a) By fixing at one or more conspicuous visible places of the ward, and\n(b) By beating of Drum or Dugdugi or by announcing of such meeting through loudspeaker in the ward area, or\n(c) By informing children at school during prayer time so that they may give message relating to the meeting of Ward Sabha to their parents, or\n(d) By door to door personal contact by the Ward Member or the Secretary of the ward,\n(e) Meeting of Ward Sabha will generally be convened at a convenient time on any day of the week so that women folk also may easily take part in the meeting after finishing their domestic chores.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Quorum and postponement of the meeting of the Ward Sabha in absence of the Quorum.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 5
        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Presiding over the meeting.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Resolution.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Agenda for the meetings of Ward Sabha.",
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            "content": "(a) Confirmation of the proceedings of the preceding meeting of Ward Sabha;\n(b) Compliance of the proposals considered/passed in the last meeting of the Ward Sabha;\n(c) Proposal for action to be taken by Ward Sabha in discharge of its rights and responsibilities with regard to formulation, implementation and supervision of different schemes/programmes assigned to the Ward Sabha by different departments of the Government;\n(d) Information regarding subsequent action taken by Gram Panchayat on the decisions of Ward Sabha;\n(e) To arrange cultural festivals and sports meet to give expression to talents of the people of the locality;\n(f) Measures for increasing income of Gram Panchayat;\n(g) Seeking report from Mukhiya of the Gram Panchayat regarding any specific activity, plan or income and expenditure concerning the ward;\n(h) Audit observations;\n(i) Comments on Vigilance Committee Reports;\n(j) Activities and schemes executed by the Ward Implementation and Management Committee.\n(a) Social Audit. - It shall be an important responsibility of the Ward Sabha to conduct a social audit of all the developmental works so far implemented in the ward. Secretary of the Ward Sabha shall read out in the Ward Sabha details of all the works and work-wise expenditure, etc, carried out in the ward during last quarter. Besides, discussion shall also be held on quality of the work executed and physical verification shall also be caused to be made. If any objection is raised by the members present in the discussion, then Secretary of the Ward Sabha shall enter the same in the register and shall inform the Executive Officer of Panchayat Samiti and the Mukhiya. Action on such objections shall be ensured by the Executive Officer of Panchayat Samiti and the Mukhiya in accordance with law. A compliance report shall also be tabled in the next meeting of the Ward Sabha.\n(b) Social Harmony. - In meetings of the Ward Sabha, discussion shall be held regularly on maintaining social cohesion and communal harmony.\n(b) Social Harmony.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Records of the Proceedings.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 9
        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Transaction of business.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 10
        },
        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Continuance of meeting.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 11
        },
        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Regulation of conduct of business.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 12
        },
        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Compliance of proposals/Resolutions of the Ward Sabha.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 13
        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Placement of Vigilance Committee Report before Ward Sabha.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 14
        },
        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Ward Implementation and Management Committee.",
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            "content": "(i) If Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes families reside in the Ward, at least one member from such families shall be selected as member of the Committee.\n(ii) If any village organisation or self help group of \"Jeevika\" is working in the Ward, then one of its representatives shall be selected as a member of the Committee.\n(iii) The Committee shall consist of at least three women members.\n(iv) Not more than one member from a family shall be selected as member of the Committee.\n(a) To generate proposals and determine the priority of schemes and development programmes for consideration of the Ward Sabha.\n(b) To assist the Ward Sabha in generating awareness on issues like literacy, public sanitation, health, environment, pollution control etc.\n(c) To select appropriate locations on behalf of Ward Sabha for water supply, public sanitation units and other public amenity schemes.\n(d) To work under general control of Ward Sabha/Gram Panchayat for prevention of epidemics and natural calamities.\n(e) Execution of schemes/programmes/responsibilities given from time to time by Ward Sabha/Gram Panchayat/Government.\n(f) To place before the Ward Sabha updated progress report related to functions of the committee.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 15
        },
        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Miscellaneous.",
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            "content": "",
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            "sort_order": 16
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "bh536",
        "Act Number": "Published vide Notification No. 8Pa/6-04-01/2016/5685/P.R., dated 28.6.2017",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2017",
        "Short Title": "Bihar Ward Sabha & Ward Implementation and Management Committee Conduct of Business Rules, 2017",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Bihar"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}