Explanation:

Gram Sabha is a a body consisting of persons registered in the electoral rolls of village comprised within the area of panchayat at the village level.

Composition of Gram Sabha

• Persons, those who are above 18 years of age.
• Living in a small village
• Whose names appear on the Panchayat's election rolls at the village level.

Important functions of Gram Sabha

• The Constitution mentions that the Gram Sabha exercises such powers and performs such functions at the village level as the Legislature of a State may, by law, provide [Art 243G]
• Report of activities undertaken by the Gram Panchayat since the last Gram Sabha is presented and the resolutions and suggestions of the last Gram Sabha and the action by the Panchayat there on.
• Discussions are held about distribution of rations, old age pension, pension for handicapped etc, in Panchayat limits.
• The Gramsabha also discusses problems of enrolment of all children in the schools, their attendance and development of schools in its jurisdiction.
• The Gramsabha also discusses the hospitals and veterinary institutions and their activities. They educate the people about the precautions to be taken to protect the health and hygiene of people and cattle.
• The Health officer of the primary health centre of the Panchayat tool will attend the Gramsabha and brief the Gram Sabha about the inoculation programmes, children suffering from malnutrition and precautionary steps to be taken against disease like Malaria, etc. The Gramsabha discusses the services and facilities to be provided by the health centers.
• The Secretary of the Gram Panchayat will identify the public works to be undertaken under the Panchayat grants and place it before the Gramsabha and get its approval for incorporating it into the plans of the Panchayat.
• Gram Sabha has given authority to initiate the process for determining the nature and extent of individual or community forest rights under Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006