[NOTES] Roles and responsibilities of Panchayat Secretary
I. Administrative Functions:-
(1) He / She shall maintain the required registers of the Gram Panchayat and collect taxes promptly.
(2) He / She is subordinate to the Gram Panchayat and shall function under the control of the Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat.
(3) He / She shall convene the meeting of the Gram Panchayat as directed by Sarpanch.
(4) He / She shall attend the meeting of the Gram Panchayat or any committee thereon.
(5) He / She shall implement the resolutions of the Gram Panchayat and of the committees thereof.
(6) He / She shall take the responsibility of the protection of Panchayat lands and properties.
(7) He / She shall report of encroachments, damage or misuse of Panchayat lands and buildings if any to the higher authorities.
(8) He / She shall assist authorities during the floods, cyclone, accidents etc., and take up preventive, relief and rehabilitation work.
(9) He / She shall report any outbreak of communicable diseases especially Malaria, Japanese encephalitis and Gastroenteritis and other such diseases to the nearest Primary Health Centre immediately.
(10) He / She shall monitor the anti malaria spraying of insecticides in the village.
(11) He / She shall assist the integrated child development scheme functionaries in implementing their various activities.
(12) He / She shall maintain births and deaths registration primarily as per act and rules and also issued Birth and Death Certificates. Supply copy of Birth and Death information to the Revenue Department (concerned Tahasildar / Dy. Tahasildar) by 5th of succeeding month with proper acknowledgement.
(13) He / She shall assist Grama Sabha in the identification of beneficiaries, disbursement of loans and their recoveries.
(14) He / She shall perform election duties.
(15) He / She shall report outbreak of epidemics.
(16) He / She shall report cases of atrocities against Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes.
(17) He / She shall report on the atrocities against women and children to the authorities concerned and to take action within 24 hours.
(18) He / She shall strive for eradication of un-touchability by providing access to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in temples and removal of discrimination in all forms against the Scheduled Caste / Schedule Tribe population.
(19) He / She shall assist in giving information to the concerned officials about any black market sales of seeds, fertilizers and pesticides.
II. Functions under Community Welfare and Development :-
(1) He / She shall assist in work relating to payment of old age pension, widow pension disabled pension.
(2) He / She shall furnish the particulars about implementation of developmental activities.
(3) He / She shall prepare the draft list of heads of household under the poverty line, keeping the names starting with the lowest levels of income and upward.
(4) He / She should identify the needs of village and assist in preparation of village plans.
(5) He / She shall motivate the women for formation of new self help groups by encouraging the habit of thrift, impart best principles of group management in the self help groups through regular training and capacity building.
(6) He / She shall attend monthly staff meetings convened by President, Mandal Praja Parishad and Mandal Parishad Development Officer and other meetings convened by District Officer.
(7) He / She shall attend meetings of V.T.D.A. and assist V.T.D.A. in preparation of Micro plans and in implementing them.
(8) He / She shall assist agricultural development in implementing its programmes and disseminate extension information.
(9) He / She shall assist in implementation of Indiramma programme, Indira Prabha and Employment Guarantee scheme.
(10) He / She shall organize to collect the details of seedlings planted in each location, motivate the concerned to protect them and collect percentage of survival periodically.
(11) He / She shall assist the Education department in their enrolment drive.
(12) He / She shall assist in conducting the literacy classes.
(13) (a) He / She shall assist in maintaining and up keeping of Gram Panchayat Information Board.
(b) He / She shall assist in maintaining of Information Boards relating to assets in the villages.
III. Functions of Coordination:-
(1) He / She shall maintain list of beneficiaries under various schemes and mobilize the public participation for joint forest Management / Community forest development.
(2) He / She shall organize meetings and group discussions among villagers for Community work.
IV. Miscellaneous Function:-
He / She shall attend to any other duties as assigned by the authorities from time to time.