OfficialDocumentnottobequotedWomeninGramPanchayatsSmt.SuparnaGangulySTATEINSTITUTEOFPANCHAYATSANDRURALDEVELOPMENTGOVERNMENTOFWESTBENGALSurvey&ResearchTeamSSmt.SuparnaGanguly,SFM,SIPRD,Kalyani[PrincipalResearcher]Smt.AparajitaMukhopadhyay,ProfessorofEconomicsandPolitics,Visva-Bharati.SriBiswanathChakrabarty,Sr.Lecturer,BelurRamakrishnaMissionCollege.SriArindamRoy,LecturerofPoliticalscience,ArambagCollege.Smt.BasumitraSingh,LecturerofPoliticalScience,BankuraChristianCollege.SriDipakBanerjee,LecturerofPoliticalScience,BurdwanUniversitySriParthaSarkar,LecturerofEconomics,Deptt.ofHRD,BurdwanUniversity.Dr.PurnenduMandal,Researcher,SarbamangalaPally,MaldahaSriBinoyHazra,Part-timeLecturerofPoliticalScience,VivekanandaMahavidyalaya,Burdwan.SriVivekMajhila,Part-timeLecturerofHistory,VivekanandaMahavidyalaya,Burdwan.TeamofEnumeratorsSSriDebashishBhaduri,LibraryAssistant,SIPRDSriKoushikRoyChowdhury,EneumeratorsSriShankarMukherjee,EneumeratorsSriSanjayMandal,EneumeratorsSriTanmoySarkar,EneumeratorsSriSouravMandal,EneumeratorsSriHaradhanmal,EneumeratorsSmt.JhumaMukherjee,EneumeratorsSmt.NupurMandal,EneumeratorsTeamofDataClassification,Compilation&Entry:SSriSumitGupta,Seniorfacultymember,SIPRDSriAniruddhaBhattacharyya,ComputerOperator,SIPRDSriDebashishBhaduri,LibraryAssistant,SIPRDSriHimadriChakrabarty,ProjectAssistant,SIPRDSriNilanjanJana,ProjectAssistant,SIPRDAdvisoryPanelSProf.ApurbaKumarMukhopadhyay,ProfessorofPoliticalScience,BurdwanUniversity.SriAlokKumarMukhopadhyay,I.A.S.(Retd.),Ex-Director,S.I.P.R.D,Kalyani,Nadia.CONTENTSSChapter1:Introduction:HistoryofWomen’sparticipationinpublicarenainIndia:HistoryofWomen’sparticipationinlocalgovernment(particularlyinPanchayats)inWestBengal.:State’sinterventions:The73rdconstitutionalamendmentsintheWestBengalPanchayatsAct.:Surveyofliterature:Withreferencetoboththepre-amendmentphaseandthepostamendmentphase.:Researchgaps.:Objecti