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I am Maran. I am a cooley worker. During corona i didnt had work. Only now I am going for work. While going for work I am wearing mask and keeping myself safe. I am planning to attend gram sabha and give petition. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am Renuka. I am a company worker. I have attended gram sabha but I have not given petition. I attend and sit for a while. And they read the decisions we sign in it. Vizhithugal told me about E-Gram swaraj app. With that I came to know about schemes and fund for us. I will attend gram sabha and ask them to do something for our village. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am Vidhya. I am a cooley worker. Due to corona I am not going out of village for work. I have not attended gram sabha so far. But this time I will attend. Vizhithugal told me that we can share about our needs in gram sabha.

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I am Thangamani. I work as tailor in company. During corona I had no work. There are 100-150 workers in our company. I get Rs.400 per day. Per shift it is Rs.300. I get salary credited in my account. Vidhya: Do listen to TK radio and know laws and PF information for labours. You can record your doubts too.

Narrator: In gram sabha villager, panchayath officials and Govt officials are taking part. Also you shared the objective of gram sabha. Now tell us what are the duties of gram sabha. Kaliappan: Approval for the schemes related to the development of village will be done in the gram sabha meeting. Also approval for annual income and expenditure will also be done there. Also selecting the beneficiaries for the schemes of Govt should also be approved in this meeting. Review of the schemes will be done in this meeting. Villagers should come forward voluntarily and this is the place where people will be motivated to give their contribution as money, product or as effort for the development of village. So all villagers should take part in this gram sabha and help in the development of our village. Narrator: Mr. Kaliappan will continue to be with to clear more doubts about gram sabha. Lets meet tomorrow. 

I am Kurunathal from Ekalimetukoil street. I have heard about social mapping but I havent seen that. Only now I am seeing it. I can see my village, electricity post, water pipe, etc. Our village doesnt have bus facility. We need it. I am planning to attend gram sabha and give petition about bus facility.

I am Thamarai from Ekalikoilmedu. I saw the social mapping of our village. I can see what all is there is our village and all we need. We need bus stop for our village. Kids and elderly people are supposed to walk far to catch a bus. So we need bus facility. I am planning to attend gram sabha meeting this time.

Narrator: What is the purpose of gram sabha? Kaliappan: Involving villagers in the growth of village by making them take part in Planning, Implementation, Supervising, and build the reliable Panchayat administration. Any villager who has the voting right can take part in gram sabha and no one can stop it. It helps to form a responsible management. A public forum where all voters can take part. Village level planning and executing it properly, encouraging direct participation, finding out the ways to increase the funding for village. Social harmony takes place when join together. Choosing the proper beneficiaries for the scheme. Preparing ways for social auditing. Forming such gram sabha is the main responsibility of every panchayath head. Narrator: Please tell us what law says about who can attend gram sabha meeting. Kaliappan: Under section 3, Public announcement via bands or pamphlets about where gram sabha meeting is happening, when is it happening, should be given to people. 1/10 of the total population should be present in the gram sabha meeting. If there are 10000 people in a village. Minimum 300 people should attend the meeting. If the population is 500, minimum 50 people should be present. If there are 500 to 3000 people then minimum of 100 people should take part. If the population is from 3000 to 10000, 200 people should take part. Only if they take part it will be recognised as gram sabha meeting. Collector will appoint a Govt official. Within 3 days of the meeting, copy of decisions made in the meeting should be sent to Dist collector. Under section 9- decision taken in a gram sabha should be read in net gram sabha meeting and continued actions must be taken. Actions taken on the decisions should be read. Narrator: There are many things which we should know rom Mr Kaliappan. So lets hear the continuation tomorrow.

Hello everyone. We all know that gram sabha is conducted 4 times in a year. Our cell phone radio is constantly insisting people to attend it. Usually with whatever knowledge about any subject we think its only that much. If we take gram sabha we think it happens 4 times in a year, we should attend it and put forth our requests. Thats what we know. But when we spoke to Kaliappan from Nallorvattam, we got to know that we know very little about gram sabha. And there is alot more things which we need to know. Here is the interview with Kaliappan to know what we dont know. Narrator: Hello sir, welcome to NK radio. Kaliappan: Hello everyone. I am Kaliappan from Nallorvattam. Narrator: Sir, what is Gram sabha and please explain us about it. Kaliappan: As per Indian political system sec 143 (A) and (U), 73rd Indian constitution amendment act 1992, TN Panchayath Raj act 1994, gram sabha is one of the main elements. As per the amendment act it is a law that gram sabha should be conducted in every village. Narrator: Who all can take part in this gram sabha meeting? Kaliappan: All the eligible villagers who are listed in the village voter list. Earlier days if there is a problem in village, all the villagers will have common meeting and discuss about solving the problem. How to clean the lake, fixing the canal route, or even if its about digging a well, village meetings was held in olden days. Public announcements will be made about taking part in the meeting. Once everyone come, they talk about this problem. After hearing from different people they will check the expenses, where to dig, who all should be brought, where all the permission should be taken, everything will be decided in the meeting and they will start the work. They will finish the work as they have planned. Gram sabha is the base of Democracy. This gram sabha is an audit with the Constitution. Indian constitution has recognized gram sabha. Narrator: Mr. Kaliappan is here with us to share more details about gram sabha. The interview continues. If you have any doubt you can ask it by pressing 3 in our cell phone radio and get the answer for you question.

I am manimegalai can you please explain about the new agriculture bill?

October 2nd is gram sabha meeting day. Lets know the Village Finance Commission prior to gram sabha. While functioning Gram panchayat development project, not only village finance but also many other finance should be joined together for the complete development of a village. 15th finance group grant,  State Finance Committee grant, State Government Project Funding, Panchayat revenue, Funding for the National Rural Employment Program, central Govt Project Funding, capital funding, District Panchayat Fund. We all should know all these funds and join gram sabha meeting.