Subject(s): Panchayat in India. Panchayat in India in States. -- Villages in Law and legislation in India. -- Genesis of legislative enactments : Ripon's reforms, Ripon's resolution of 1881, 1882, royal commission decentralization 1909, government of India's Chelmsford report, government of India resolution of 1918 -- Post- independence development : Balwantrai Mehta committee, positive contribution of PRIs, Ashok Mehta committee, G.V.K Rao committee, L.M Singhvi committee, Sarkaria commission, 64th constitution amendment bill -- Constitutional status to Panchayati raj institutions : 64th amendment bill 1989, 74th amendment bill 1990, 72nd amendment bill 1991, comparative analysis of bills -- Legislative enactments in brief : panchayat raj legislation existing in states, Grama panchayat act - Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Bombay, Manipur, Orissa, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Madras, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal