functionsoflocalgovernment-160425164745.pdf

1. FUNCTIONS OF LOCAL
GOVERNMENT

2. Local self government
• Bottom of the administrative pyramid
• Functions at the grass root level
• Formed by the people of certain locality
• Local people-elect own representatives-local government
of an area
• Functions_local problems,basic needs of the local people

3. Basic democracies a different form of
government
• President powers
• appoints provincial governments
• appoints PDAC members
• 1/3 of PDAC members must be
• chairman of local commities
• 5 provincial governers powers
• run the provinces
• restrictions
• must obey president
• must carry out pdac ruling

4. 2 provincial development
advisory councils
(PDAC)east/west Pakistan
• A number of divisional
councils (calculated on
population)
• each run by divisional
commissioner
Powers
Outlines general provisions for
provinces agriculture/education
and so on
• Powers
• Take the general outlines
of the PDAC and fit them
to local circumstances to
outline local policies

5. Each divisional council has
A number of district
councils (calculated on
population)
Each run by district
commissioner
Each with a district
magistrate
Powers
Take the general outlines of
the PDAC and fit them to
local circumstances to
outline local policies

6. Each district council runs
• Co-ordination
committee
• Chairman of local
committees in set ares
Each co-ordination
committee runs
Local committees
• Powers
• Co-ordinate the
distribution of
resources in
their area

7. • Local committees
• Elected by town
districts or villages (1
for every 1,500
people)(10-15 per
village)
• Elected by adult
population
• ‘basic democrats’
• Powers
• Organize as told
by co-ordination
committee
roads,sanitation,
Safety in area

8. Functions of district councils
• The local government ordinance two sets of functions to
be performed by local government
1. Compulsory functions
2. Optional functions

9. Compulsory functions
• Compulsory functions were related to the maintenance of
important public health services,communication and
works services

10. Union counciler were expected to perform
• Civil functions
• Welfare functions
• Developmental functions

11. Civil functions
• Provision of ways

12. sanitation
• A Committee shall be responsible for the sanitation of
the Municipality

14. conservancy

15. Slaughter of animals

16. Maintenance of wells water
pumps

17. Developmental functions

18. Measures to increase
food production

19. Promote community
development
• Promote community development

20. Provide primary education

21. Preventing of infectious
diseases
• . A Committee shall
adopt measures to
prevent infectious
diseases

22. Maintaining registers of
birth and death
• . A Committee shall
register all births and
deaths within the
limits of the
municipalities

23. Maintaining fire brigade and
civil defence

24. Maintain storm water drains

25. Installation of street lights

26. Elections of local bodies
• Under the local government ordinances of 1979
• Elections were takes place on adult franchise

27. • After the elections of all the member of the unit
• The chairman,vice chairman,and mayors were all elected
from amongst the members of the local council
• There were separate representation for non muslims
,peasants workers and women

28. • The local governments could not operate independently
from the influence of provincial governments
• Local government were dependent upon the provinces
• The budgets of the local governments were also to be
approved by the provincial governments