Gujarat Panchayats Act, 1993
In the sphere of Animal Husbandary- (a) improvement of cattle and cattle-breeding; (b) the general care of live-stock; (c) providing and maintaining stud bulls for purposes of cattle breeding; (d) promotion of dairy farming. (f) to exercise such powers over the staff employed in primary schools and other educational institutions under the control of the district panchayats as may be delegated to it from time to time; (g) to supervise the activities of the village panchayats within the jurisdiction of the taluka panchayats to ensure that each such panchayat pays its contribution to the School Funds, if any, and to bring cases of default to the notice of the Educational Inspector of the district and generally to guide them to maintain and improve the primary school or schools in their charge; (h) to be responsible for the enforcement of compulsory primary education; and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions — (i) to determine on the recommendation of the competent officer of the district panchayat, the distance measured according to the nearest road between an approved school and the residence of the child for the purposes of the Bombay Primary Education Act, 1947; (ii) to grant, on the recommendation of the aforesaid competent officer, exemption from attending an approved school to a child who is receiving instruction otherwise than in an approved school, (j) to grant sanction to the changes in the dates of birth and the names of pupils attending primary schools; (k) to construct new buildings for primary schools and to carry out special repairs; (l) to sanction grants-in-aid to gram panchayats for their standing committee for Education; (m) to inform, and, if necessary to advise, the district panchayat, generally on all matters connected with primary education and other educational activities undertaken by the district panchayat in the taluka; (n) to carry on propaganda in the Taluka for the expansion and improvement of education in general and primary education in particular; and (o) to exercise such other powers and to perform such other duties as may be delegated to it by the district panchayat from time to time; (p) to hire building for primary schools with sanction of the taluka panchayat on reasonable rent, which shall be certified by the competent authority; (q) the supervision of individual primary schools; (r) to secure the enforcement of the Bombay Primary Education Act, 1947, and the rules or orders made thereunder. (k) assisting recognised medical relief-centres; (l) providing for training of nurses. 2. In the sphere of public works— (a) construction and maintenance of roads; (b) the planting and rearing of trees on both sides of the roads; (c) execution of works entrusted to it by the State Government; (d) supervision, repairs and preservation of building vested in the district panchayat; (e) construction and maintenance of buildings required for the activities of the district panchayat. 3. In the sphere of education and other cultural activities— (a) undertaking all educational activities entrusted to it; (b) planning of education in the district within the frame work of the national policy and the national plan; (c) survey and evaluation of educational activities; (d) distribution of Government aid in regard to primary education between the taluka panchayats; (e) recognising private educational institutions within its area; (f) recommending the courses of study; (g) selection of text-books; (h) implementation of any programme in regard to secondary education that may be entrusted to it by the State Government; (i) inspection of primary schools managed by the taluka panchayats and conduct of their examination; (j) accepting and managing educational funds; (k) assisting, encouraging and guiding all educational activities in the district; (l) organising camps, conferences, and gatherings of members of village panchayats, taluka panchayats and district panchayat in the district. 4. In the sphere of administration— (a) collection of necessary stores and materials; (b) publication of statistical and other information relating to activites of panchayats; (c) co-ordination and use of statistics and other information required for the activities of the village panchayats, taluka panchayats and district panchayats; (d) periodical supervision and evaluation of the projects and programmes entrusted to the different panchayats in the district; (e) accepting donations in the furtherance of the purposes for which fund might have been raised. 5. In the sphere of community development— (a) co-ordination and integration of the development schemes of all talukas in the district and preparing a plan therefor for the whole district; (b) preparation of projects, plans and schemes concerning two or more talukas in the district; (c) (i) promoting the establishment and development of panchayats; (ii) inspection, regulation and control of the taluka panchayats in the district; (iii) performance of all such functions as are assigned to it under any law or as may be assigned by the State Government from time to time; (d) implementation of any development programme that may be entrusted to it by the State Government; (e) distribution and co-ordination of work among village panchayats, taluka panchayats and district panchayats. (b) the implementation of the schemes of tube-wells; (c) digging new wells and repairing old wells for irrigation; (d) giving assistance for the purchase of pumping sets and machinery; (e) provision and propagandas for improved Kosi; (f) providing detonators and boring equipment for wells; (g) encouraging and assisting irrigation schemes on a co-operating basis.