Article 40

Part IV — Directive Principles of State Policy · Constitution of India

Article 40

Organisation of village panchayats. The State shall take steps to organise village panchayats and endow them with such powers and authority as may be necessary to enable them to function as units of self-government.

In plain wordsVillages should have their own panchayats, with enough power and authority to work as genuine units of self-government.

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