Social Science District Administration (notebook exercise)

District Administration

New words

1.      Act

2.      Inheritor

3.      Jurisdiction

4.      Liability

5.      Revenue

6.      Succession

Q.4. Answer the following questions in 10 to 20 words.

a) What are the main functions of a District collector?

Ans. a) The Main functions of the District collector is 1. Revenue collection,  2.Maintaining Law and order.

b) state the composition of Zila parishad.

Ans. b) The compostion of Zila parishad is a minimum of 50 and a maximum of 75 members. Seats are reserved for Scheduled castes, Scheduled Tribes, backward classes and women.

c) what is ‘The Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005?

Ans. c) According to the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act 2005, a Hindu woman or girl will have equal property rights along with other male relatives for any division prepared for the succession.

Q.5. Answer the following questions in 50 to 70 words.

a)List any five functions of the Zila Parishad.

Ans.a)  Zila Parishad grants fundamental facilities and foresees the scheduling and implementation of the development programmes for the district.

·        Zila Parishad also looks after the agricultural programmes.

·        Zila Parishad opens and runs schools and also conducts adult literacy programmes.

·        Zila Parishad looks after the primary health centres and hospitals, and conducts vaccination drives against epidemics. It also conducts family welfare campaigns.

·        Zila Parishad builds bridges and roads.

·        Zila Parishad also plans for the development of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes.

b) Explain the working of a police station in a district.

Ans. b)  Each district works under the direction of Superintendent of Police (SP) but under the general direction of the District Collector.

The SP is responsible for the supervision of all police stations in the district. Each district is divided into several Sub-divisions.

The Deputy Superintendent of Police is in command of the Sub – division. The officer incharge of a police station is the Inspector. It is the duty of t he inspector to prevent and detect crime, and maintain law and order within his jurisdiction.

The police stations are operated by officers of the rank of Sub-Inspectors, Assistant Sub-Inspectors, Head Constables and Constables.

Q. c) List the functions of Patwaris.

·        Ans.c  The patwari is responsible for maintenance of record of the crops grown during every harvest.

·        He maintains a diary and a work book for records which are updated from time to time.

·        His duties also include conducting surveys, field inspections, revision of maps or reports related to alterations, partitions, revenue or rents, etc.

·        As per the instructions of collector, he prepares the records of rights.

·        It is the duty of patwari to report all serious mishaps disturbing the land or the crops along with outbreaks of diseases.

Q. d) Write a short note on Kanungos.

·        Ans. d) Kanungos oversees the work of Patwaris.

·        He is the foremost connect between the Tahsildar/Naib Tahsildar and the Patwari.

·        The Kanungo organization consists of Field Kanungo, Office Kanungo and the District Kanungo.

·        The field kanungo frequently goes around observing the work of the Patwari on the location. He examines the conduct and work of the patwari.

·        The Office Kanungo takes the charge of all the records collected from the Patwari.

·        The District kanungo is responsible for the efficiency of both the office and the field Kanungo.