Article 40: Organisation of village panchayats

Part III: Fundamental Rights

The State shall take steps to organise village panchayats and endow them with such powers and authority as may be necessary to enable them to function as units of self-government.

Draft Constitution of India 1948

Article 31A, Draft Constitution of India 1948

The State shall take steps to organise village panchayats and endow them with such powers and authority as may be necessary to enable them to function as units of self-government.