<Li> the body must be constituted for five years by indirect elections from the village panchayats, </Li> <Li> its functions should cover the development of agriculture in all its aspects, the promotion of local industries and others </Li> <Li> services such as drinking water, road building, etc., and </Li> <Li> the higher level body, Zilla Parishad, would play an advisory role . </Li>

Rural self government at the village level in karnatka