Head of divisional Council:
It was the highest tier of basic democracies. It was a new experiment in the field of local government as before the advent of basic democracies, local government institutes in Pakistan and undivided India didn’t go beyond the district level. The jurisdiction of a divisional council coincides with the division.
Constitution:
The divisional council constituted of official and unofficial members. One half was official and the other was consisted of unofficial. The non official members consisted of elected member representing the municipal committees and cantonment boards and (b) elected members representing the district councils.
Head of district Council:
The jurisdiction of the district council coincides with …show more content…
Besides the actual service undertaken at this level, questions of policy concerning development within the district are also decided;
The scope of work of the district council may be divided into two parts: compulsory function and optional or discretionary functions. The compulsory functions include the maintenance of libraries and reading rooms; holding of fairs, and shows, celebrations of public festivals and maintenance of public gardens and playgrounds and promotion of national reconstruction programs; adoption of measures to increase food production and to improve animals breeds; problems of cooperative movement, village industries; provision of sanitation, and prevention, control of diseases and maintenance of bungalows …show more content…
It was for the district planning authority to put forward suggestion and plans for the development of various activities of the district to the provincial planning department through the divisional council.
The real importance of district council as a pivot of basic Democracies system lies in its coordinative functions and it was in this respect that the institution of district council was a marked improvement on its predecessor _ district broad. The various functions of the district council were almost the same as were those of the district boards, but the coordinative and supervisory powers of district councils are real improvement over the old system.
Finance: it had the power to impose local taxes, these included taxes on immovable properties, tolls on road, bridges etc. then there was a tax on land which was collected at the rate of one acre per rupee of the land revenue. Further, there were professional taxes which were levied upon persons who were engaged in business other than agricultural. These taxes were collected through the same agency that collects the land
It was the highest tier of basic democracies. It was a new experiment in the field of local government as before the advent of basic democracies, local government institutes in Pakistan and undivided India didn’t go beyond the district level. The jurisdiction of a divisional council coincides with the division.
Constitution:
The divisional council constituted of official and unofficial members. One half was official and the other was consisted of unofficial. The non official members consisted of elected member representing the municipal committees and cantonment boards and (b) elected members representing the district councils.
Head of district Council:
The jurisdiction of the district council coincides with …show more content…
Besides the actual service undertaken at this level, questions of policy concerning development within the district are also decided;
The scope of work of the district council may be divided into two parts: compulsory function and optional or discretionary functions. The compulsory functions include the maintenance of libraries and reading rooms; holding of fairs, and shows, celebrations of public festivals and maintenance of public gardens and playgrounds and promotion of national reconstruction programs; adoption of measures to increase food production and to improve animals breeds; problems of cooperative movement, village industries; provision of sanitation, and prevention, control of diseases and maintenance of bungalows …show more content…
It was for the district planning authority to put forward suggestion and plans for the development of various activities of the district to the provincial planning department through the divisional council.
The real importance of district council as a pivot of basic Democracies system lies in its coordinative functions and it was in this respect that the institution of district council was a marked improvement on its predecessor _ district broad. The various functions of the district council were almost the same as were those of the district boards, but the coordinative and supervisory powers of district councils are real improvement over the old system.
Finance: it had the power to impose local taxes, these included taxes on immovable properties, tolls on road, bridges etc. then there was a tax on land which was collected at the rate of one acre per rupee of the land revenue. Further, there were professional taxes which were levied upon persons who were engaged in business other than agricultural. These taxes were collected through the same agency that collects the land