Caste Reservation in Panchayats and Distribution of Public Benefits

In this project, MORSEL is collected panchayat reservation history data and procedure of allocation of reserved seats in all states of India. MORSEL is surveying State Election Commissioners and Panchayat Directorate officials of the states and collected secondary data. In the second part of this project, MORSEL is surveying officials from top to bottom at the district level – Elected and, Selected by government both) and even voters.

Elected: Gram Panchayat President , Gram Panchayat members, Block Panchayat Presidents, lock Panchayat Members, District Panchayat Presidents, District Panchayat members, MLAs, MPs

Selected by the government: Panchayat Secretary, Block Development officers, District Development officers