The Government of Karnataka on October 11, 2022 has issued Karnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj (Second Amendment) Act, 2022 to further amend the Karnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj Act, 1993. This has come into force on August 22, 2022.
The following has been stated namely: -
• In section 121 the following has been amended namely: -
(a) In clause (i), for the words “two lakhs” the words “two lakh thirty thousand” shall be substituted
(b) In clause (ii), for the words “two lakhs” the words “two lakh thirty thousand” shall be substituted.
• Section 160 the following has been substituted namely: -
(a) For the words “not less than twenty persons” the words “not less than twenty five members” shall be substituted
(b) After the proviso, the following shall be inserted, namely:- “Provided further that, in case of a district having rural population of more than seven lakhs but not more than nine lakhs fifty thousand there shall be twenty eight elected members.”
[Notification No. 506]
