Subject(s): Panchayat in India -- Panchayat -- India -- Finance and Taxation -- Autonomous Council -- 73rd amendment and state legislations, power an functions of panchayati raj institutions (PRIs), state panchayat acts devolution of powers and functions, overlapping of functions and areas of responsibilities, devolution of powers and functions, finance and taxation -financial assignment to panchaytai raj institutions, tax assignment by state to the PRIs, shared tax, grants in aid -- Autonomous councils- case of northern eastern region : Nagaland, Meghalaya, Mizoram -- Women in panchayati raj institutions