THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION OF INDIA India, as we all know, is divided into 28 states and 8 union territories. They, in turn, are divided, for the sake of efficient administration, into smaller units called districts. Each state has several districts. The district is the most important unit of administration in India. It is the level at which the common people come into direct contact with the government. THE STRUCTURE OF DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION IN INDIA The district magistrate or the district collector is responsible for the general administration of the district. As executive head of district administration, the district collector has a three-fold role as: District Collector District Commissioner District Magistrate The district collector is an officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), and is selected to the post by the state government. The district collector is the main representative of the government at the district level, and coordinates the activitie

PARTS OF THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION PART-1 (Article 1-4): deals with territory of India, formation of new states, alterations, names of existing states. PART-2 (Article 5-11): deals with the citizenship. PART-3 (Article 12-35): deals with Fundamental Rights of Indian citizens. (Article 31- dealing with the Right to Property was deleted by 44 th Amendment). PART-4 (Article 36-51): deals with Directive Principles of State Policy. PART-4A (Article 51A): added by 42 nd Amendment in 1976. It contains the Fundamental duties of the citizens. PART-5 (Article 52-151): deals with Government at the Union Level. PART-6 (Article 152-237): deals with Government at the State Level. PART-7 (Article 238): deals with states, was replaced in 1956 by the 7 th Amendment. PART-8 (Article 239-242): deals with Union Territories. PART-9 (Article 243-243O): added by 73 rd Amendment in 1992. It contains a new ‘Schedule Eleven’. It contains 29 subjects related to Panchayati Raj. (They hav