[CA] Chhattisgarh: Disabled quotas for panchayat election

Chhattisgarh Cabinet has approved an amendment to the State Panchayati Raj Act, 1993, which makes mandatory the presence of a person with disabilities in all panchayats across the state.

This will make it the only State to have such members in all panchayats.

·       Every panchayat will now have differently abled members, either elected or nominated.

·       If differently abled members are not elected through the electoral process, then one member, either male or female, would be nominated as a panch.

·       And as for janpads and zilla panchayats, the State government would nominate two such members, one male and one female, to them.