Chapter 4
DOKCHORY LEARNS ABOUT THE PANCHAYAT
āĻĄāĻāĻৌā§°ীāϝ়ে āĻĒāĻ্āĻাāϝ়āϤ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻļিāĻে
Dokchory Learns About The Panchayat
Q.1. Here are some words from the text and their meanings. Test your understanding by matching the words on the left with their meanings by matching the words on the left with meanings on the right.
(āϤāϞāϤ āĻĒাāĻ āĻিā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻĻিā§া āĻšৈāĻে āĻ
ā§°্āĻĨ āϏāĻšিāϤ। āĻāϤিā§া āĻĒ্ā§°āϤ্āϝেāĻ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āĻŦিāĻĒā§°ীāϤে āĻ
ā§°্āĻĨāĻŦোā§° āĻŽিāϞেā§ąা। )
Words and their meaning ( āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻā§°ু āĻā§াā§° āĻ
ā§°্āĻĨ)
Ans:-
(i) institution (āĻ
āύুāώ্āĻ াāύ ) > organisation or society. ( āĻ
āύুāώ্āĻ াāύ āĻ
āĻĨāĻŦা āϏāĻŽাāĻ)
(ii) elections ( āύিā§°্āĻŦাāĻāύ ) > the exercise through which we vote for new leaders. ( āϏāĻĻāϏ্āϝ āύিā§°্āĻŦাāĻāύ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ্ā§°িā§া )
(iii) sincerity ( āϏāϤāϤা ) > devotion to a purpose. ( āĻāύ্āϤ⧰িāĻāϤা )
(iv) differently- abled ( āĻŦিāĻļেāώāĻাāĻŦে āϏāĻ্āώāĻŽ) > having a physical or mental condition that makes it difficult for a person to do all the work that other people do. ( āĻļাā§°ীā§°িāĻ āĻŦা āĻŽাāύāϏিāĻ āĻŦ্āϝাāϧি āϝিā§ে āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻ āĻাāĻŽ āĻā§°াāϤ āĻ
āϏুāĻŦিāϧাā§° āϏৃāώ্āĻি āĻā§°ে। )
(v) schemes ( āĻĒā§°িāĻāϞ্āĻĒāύা ) > plans (āĻঁāĻāύি )
(vi) substantial (āĻĻ্ā§°āĻŦ্āϝ ) > large in size or amount. (āĻāĻাā§°āϤ āĻĄাāĻā§° )
(vii) rural ( āĻ্ā§°াāĻŽ্āϝ ) > relating to village or the countryside. ( āĻাঁā§ąā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻāĻĄ়িāϤ )
(viii) tax ( ā§°াāĻāĻš ) > The money citizens of a country have to pay the government to help it do different kinds of work. (āĻāĻāύ āĻĻেāĻļā§° āύাāĻā§°িāĻে āĻā§°āĻাā§°āĻ āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻাāĻŽ āĻā§°াāϤ āϏāĻšাāϝ় āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻļোāϧ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āϞাāĻিāĻŦ।)
(ix) quarrel ( āĻাāĻিā§া ) > angry dispute, unfriendly relations with someone. (āĻāĻাāϞ āĻŦিāĻŦাāĻĻ, āĻাā§°োāĻŦাā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻŦāύ্āϧুāϤ্āĻŦāĻšীāύ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ)
(x) governance ( āĻļাāϏāύ ) > manner of governing or ruling. ( āĻļাāϏāύ āĻĒāĻĻ্āϧāϤি )
Q.2. Complete the following sentences with information from the text.
( āϤāϞ⧰ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāϏāĻŽূāĻšā§° āĻĒাāĻ āĻিā§° āϏāĻšাā§ āϞৈ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻā§°া। )
Ans:
(a) Dokchory studies in class Eight VIII
( āĻĄāĻāĻā§°ী āĻ
āώ্āĻāĻŽ āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāϤ āĻĒāĻĸ়ে )
(b) The name of her school is Disangmukh Janajati High School.
( āϤাāĻā§° āϏ্āĻূāϞ⧰ āύাāĻŽ āĻš'āϞ āĻĻিāĻাংāĻŽূāĻ āĻāύāĻাāϤী āĻšাāĻ āϏ্āĻূāϞ । )
(c) Her father's name is Konke Mili.
( āϤাāĻā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻā§° āύাāĻŽ āĻংāĻে āĻŽিāϞি )
d) He works in the Panchayat Office.
( āϤেāĻেāϤে āĻĒāĻ্āĻাā§āϤ āĻ
āĻĢিāĻāϤ āĻাāĻŽ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। )
(e) Dokhcory goes to school by bicycle.
( āĻĄāĻāĻā§°ী āĻাāĻāĻেāϞেā§°ে āϏ্āĻূāϞ āĻৈāĻিāϞ। )
(f) She loves the ride because she gets to knows new things everyday.
( āϤাāĻ āĻĢুā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻৈ āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ āĻিā§āύো āϤাāĻ āύāϤুāύ āύāϤুāύ āĻāĻĨা āĻাāύিāĻŦ āĻĒাāϞে। )
(g) To contest the Panchayat elections, one has to be done above twenty one years old.
( āĻĒāĻ্āĻাā§āϤ āύিā§°্āĻŦাāĻāύ āĻাāĻ āϞ'āĻŦāϞৈ āĻš'āϞে ⧍⧧ āĻŦāĻā§°ā§° āĻā§°্āϧ্āĻŦ āĻš'āĻŦ āϞাāĻিāĻŦ । )
Q.3. Answer the following questions to understand the text better.
( āϤāϞ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāϏāĻŽূāĻšā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āϞিāĻা āϝাāϤে āĻĒাāĻ āĻি āĻাāϞāĻĻā§°ে āĻŦুāĻি āĻāĻ া )
(a) What was the meaning of Panchayat long ago?
( āĻĒূā§°্āĻŦāϤে āĻĒāĻ্āĻাā§āϤ⧰ āĻ
ā§°্āĻĨ āĻি āĻāĻিāϞ?
Ans:- The meaning of Panchayat is a system of governance by five elderly men called Panch Gramin Pramukh.
(āĻĒāĻ্āĻাāϝ়āϤ⧰ āĻ
ā§°্āĻĨ āĻĒāĻ্āĻ āĻ্ā§°াāĻŽীāĻŖ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŽুāĻ āύাāĻŽā§° āĻĒাঁāĻāĻāύ āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧ āϞোāĻā§° āĻļাāϏāύ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨা )
or
The meaning of Panchayat is many many long ago a system governance by five elderly men called Panch Gramin Pramukh.
(āĻĒāĻ্āĻাāϝ়āϤ⧰ āĻ
ā§°্āĻĨ āĻŦāĻšু āĻāĻāϤে āĻĒāĻ্āĻ āĻ্ā§°াāĻŽীāĻŖ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŽুāĻ āύাāĻŽā§° āĻĒাঁāĻāĻāύ āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧ āϞোāĻā§° āĻļাāϏāύ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨা )
b) What is the meaning of Panchayat Now?
( āĻĒāĻ্āĻাā§āϤ āĻŦুāϞিāϞে āĻŦā§°্āϤāĻŽাāύ āĻি āĻŦুāĻা? )
Ans:- Now a days, anyone who is above twenty one can contest Panchayat elections. Panchayat means a body that is responsible for the development of villages, The Panchayat is a very important institution for social change. The constitution of India grants power to the Panchayat to raise taxes, plan development schemes and work for local development.
( āĻŦā§°্āϤāĻŽাāύ āϏāĻŽā§āϤ ⧍⧧ āĻŦāĻā§° āĻā§°্āϧ্āĻŦā§° āϝিāĻোāύো āϞোāĻে āĻĒāĻ্āĻাā§āϤ āύিā§°্āĻŦাāĻāύāϤ āĻ
ংāĻļāĻ্ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে। āĻĒāĻ্āĻাā§āϤ āĻšৈāĻে āĻ্ā§°াāĻŽোāύ্āύā§āύ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻĻাā§āĻŦāĻĻ্āϧ āĻāĻ āĻ
āύুāώ্āĻ াāύ। āĻ āϏাāĻŽাāĻিāĻ āĻĒā§°িā§ąā§°্āϤāύ āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦ āĻĻিā§ে। āĻাā§°āϤীā§ āϏংāĻŦিāϧাāύে āĻĒāĻ্āĻাā§āϤāĻ ā§°াāĻāĻš āϏংāĻ্ā§°āĻš āϤāĻĨা āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āĻāύ্āύā§āύāĻŽূāϞāĻ āĻঁāĻāύি āĻ্ā§°āĻšāĻŖā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻ্āώāĻŽāϤা āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻাāύ āĻā§°ে।
c. What kind of work is done by the Panchayat?
( āĻĒāĻ্āĻাā§āϤে āĻেāύেāϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻাāĻŽ āĻā§°ে?
Ans:- Panchayat works for the development of village build and repair rural roads, houses for the poor and so on.
( āĻĒāĻ্āĻাā§āϤে āĻ্ā§°াāĻŽ্āϝ āĻāύ্āύā§āύ, ā§°াāϏ্āϤা āĻĒāĻĻূāϞি āύিā§°্āĻŽাāĻŖ āϤāĻĨা āĻŽেā§°াāĻŽāϤি, āĻৃāĻš āύিā§°্āĻŽাāĻŖ āĻāĻĻি āĻাāĻŽ āĻā§°ে। )
d. From where does the panchayat get money to perform all its work?
( āĻĒāĻ্āĻাā§āϤে āύিāĻā§° āĻাāĻŽāϏāĻŽূāĻš āĻā§°ি āϝাāĻŦā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ'ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻĒāĻāĻা āϞাāĻ āĻā§°ে? )
Ans:- To perform all its work the Panchayat raises money from taxes on vehicles, river ghats, bazaars and beels etc. Panchayat also get on annual grant from the Panchayat and Rural Development of the Government.
( āĻĒāĻ্āĻাā§āϤে āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āϝাāύ āĻŦাāĻšāύ, āύৈā§° āĻাāĻ, āĻšাāĻ āĻŦāĻাā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻā§° āĻŦা ā§°াāĻāĻš āϏংāĻ্ā§°āĻš āĻā§°ে। āϤাā§°োāĻĒā§°ি āĻŦিāĻাāĻāĻোā§ąে āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻŦāĻā§°ে āĻŦাā§°্āώিāĻ āĻ
āύুāĻĻাāύ āĻā§°āĻাā§°ā§° āϤ⧰āĻĢā§° āĻĒā§°া āϞাāĻ āĻā§°ে। )
e. How did the Panchayat help Dhaniram?
( āĻĒāĻ্āĻাā§āϤে āϧāύীā§°াāĻŽāĻ āĻিāĻĻā§°ে āϏāĻšাā§ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ? )
Ans:- Panchayat helped Dhaniram by building a house for him.
( āĻĒāĻ্āĻাā§āϤে āϧāύীā§°াāĻŽā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻা āĻā§° āϏাāĻি āĻĻি āϤেāĻঁāĻ āϏāĻšাā§ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। )
f) How did Dhaniram spend the cold December nights.
( āϧāύীā§°াāĻŽে āĻĄিāĻেāĻŽ্āĻŦā§°ā§° āĻাā§°ā§° ā§°াāϤিāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻিāĻĻā§°ে āĻĒাā§° āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?
Ans:- Dhaniram spend the bitter cold December nights on the open verandah of school building.
( āϧāύীā§°াāĻŽে āĻĄিāĻেāĻŽ্āĻŦā§°ā§° āĻ েāĻুā§ąে āϧ⧰া āĻাā§°ā§° ā§°াāϤিāĻŦোā§° āϏ্āĻুāϞ⧰ āĻŦাā§°াāĻŖ্āĻĄāϤ āĻĒাā§° āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। )
4. You have just read about the panchayat. Using information from the lesson, fill in the table below:
(āϤুāĻŽি āϝিāĻšেāϤু āĻāϤিā§া āĻĒāĻ্āĻাā§āϤ⧰ āĻŦিāώā§ে āĻĒāĻĸ়িāϞা āĻāϤিā§া āϏেāĻ āĻ্āĻাāύেā§°ে āϤāϞ⧰ āϤাāϞিāĻা āĻāύ āĻĒূā§° āĻā§°া। )
The Panchyat: āĻĒāĻ্āĻাā§āϤ
Meaning - (āĻ
ā§°্āĻĨ)
Panchayat is a system of five elderly members of government who are known as Panch Gramin Pramukh. ( āĻĒāĻ্āĻাā§āϤ āĻšৈāĻে āĻĒাঁāĻāĻāύ āĻā§°āĻাā§°ী āĻেāώ্āĻ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিā§°ে (āϝাāĻ āϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖ āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āύিā§°্āĻŦাāĻāύ āĻā§°ি āĻĻিā§ে ) āĻāĻ িāϤ āĻāĻ āϏāĻŽিāϤি )
Minimum Age to Contest - 21 Years
( āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻĻ্āĻŦāύ্āĻĻিā§° āύূāύ্āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻŦā§āϏ - ⧍⧧ āĻŦāĻā§°
Powers of a Panchayat: (āĻĒāĻ্āĻাā§āϤ⧰ āĻ্āώāĻŽāϤা )
The Indian Constitution grants power the Panchayat to raise taxes, plan development schemes and work for local development.
āĻাā§°āϤāĻŦā§°্āώ⧰ āϏংāĻŦিāϧাāύে āĻĒāĻ্āĻাā§āϤāϏāĻŽূāĻšāĻ āĻāĻ āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻ
āϧিāĻাā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻাāύ āĻā§°িāĻে āϝাāϤে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে ā§°াāĻāĻš āϏংāĻ্ā§°āĻš, āĻ্ā§°াāĻŽ্āϝ āĻāύ্āύā§āύ⧰ āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āĻঁāĻāύি āĻāĻĻি āϞ'āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে। )
Kind of work Panchayat does ( āĻĒāĻ্āĻাā§āϤ⧰ āĻাāĻŽ āĻাāĻ )
Panchayat works for the development of village, social change, build and repair rural roads, bridges, houses for poor. ( āĻĒāĻ্āĻাā§āϤ āĻাā§°্āϝাāϞā§ে āĻাঁāĻ, āϏāĻŽাāĻā§° āĻĒā§°িā§ąā§°্āϤāύ āϤāĻĨা āĻাঁā§ąā§° āϏাāĻŽাāĻিāĻ āĻāύ্āύā§āύ āϤāĻĨা āĻŦিāĻাāĻļā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻাāĻŽ āĻā§°াā§° āĻāĻĒā§°িāĻ āĻাঁā§ąā§° ā§°াāϏ্āϤা āĻাāĻ āύিā§°্āĻŽাāĻŖ āĻāĻĻি āĻাāĻŽ āĻā§°ে।
Sources of Money ( āĻĒāĻāĻাā§° āĻāϤāϏ)
The Panchayat raises a little money from taxes on vehicles, rivers ghats, bazaars and beels etc. They also get on annual grant from the Panchayat and Rural Development Department of the Government.
( āĻĒāĻ্āĻাā§āϤে āĻাāĻĄ়ী, āύāĻĻীā§° āĻাāĻ, āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āĻŦāĻাā§° āĻŦা āĻšাāĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āϏংāĻ্ā§°āĻš āĻā§°া āĻā§°ā§° āĻĒāĻāĻাā§°ে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻাāĻŽ āĻাāĻ āĻāϞাāĻ āύিā§ে। āĻā§াā§°োāĻĒā§°ি āĻĒāĻ্āĻাā§āϤে āĻā§°āĻাā§°ā§° āĻĒāĻ্āĻাā§āϤ āϤāĻĨা āĻ্ā§°াāĻŽোāύ্āύā§āύ āĻŦিāĻাāĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦāĻā§°āĻীā§া āĻ
āύুāĻĻাāύ āϞাāĻ āĻā§°ে। )
Let's practise changing other questions into the reported form:
( āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāϏāĻŽূāĻšāĻ āĻĒā§°োāĻ্āώ āĻāĻ্āϤিāϞৈ āĻĒā§°িā§ąā§°্āϤāύ āĻā§°া )
a. She said to her father, "What kind of work do you do?
( āϤাāĻ āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻে āϏূāϧিāϞে, "āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻেāύেāϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻাāĻŽ āĻā§°ে? )
Ans:- She asked her what kind of work he did
( āϤাāĻ āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻে āϏূāϧিāĻিāϞ āϝে āϤেāĻেāϤে āĻি āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻাāĻŽ āĻā§°ে। )
b. She said to have father, "Where do you get all the money from? "
āϤাāĻ āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻāĻ āĻৈāĻিāϞ, "āϤুāĻŽি āĻĒāĻāĻাāĻŦোā§° āĻ'āϤ āĻĒোā§ąা?"
Ans:- She asked her father from where she get all the money.
( āϤাāĻ āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻāĻ āϏুāϧিāĻিāϞ āϝে āϤেāĻেāϤে āĻĒāĻāĻাāĻŦোā§° āĻ'āϤ āĻĒাāĻ। )
C. She said to her father, "Is that enough to do so much work?"
( āϤাāĻ āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻāĻ āĻৈāĻিāϞ,"āϏিāĻŽাāύ āĻাāĻŽ āĻā§°াāĻো āϝāĻĨেāώ্āĻ āύে? )
Ans:- She asked her father whether that to much work was enough to do.
( āϤাāĻ āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻāĻ āϏুāϧিāĻিāϞ āϝে āϏিāĻŽাāύāĻিāύি āĻাāĻŽ āĻā§°াāĻো āϝāĻĨেāώ্āĻ āύে।)
d) She said to him, "What is a panchayat?"
āϤাāĻ āϤাāĻ āĻৈāĻিāϞ, "āĻĒāĻ্āĻাā§āϤ āĻি?)
Ans:- She asked him what a panchayat was.
( āϤাāĻ āϤাāĻ āϏুāϧিāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻĒāĻ্āĻাā§āϤ āĻি āĻšā§ )
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