Explanation:

Eleventh Schedule contains a list of functional items that can be placed within the purview of panchayats by the State Legislature. The State Legislature can devolve powers and responsibilities upon panchayats to prepare plans for economic development and social justice; and to perform some or all of the 29 functions listed in the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution. Other Important items in the list are:

• Minor irrigation and watershed development
• Social welfare, including welfare of the handicapped and mentally retarded
• Welfare of the weaker sections, and in particular, of the scheduled castes and the scheduled tribes
• Technical training and vocational education
• Agriculture, including agricultural extension
• Small-scale industries, including food processing industries
• Roads, culverts, bridges, ferries, waterways and other means of communication
• Rural electrification, including distribution of electricity
• Education, including primary and secondary schools