 bill no 117 of  2009 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2009 bydr raghuvansh prasad singh, mpa billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixtieth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title 1  this act may be called the constitution  (amendment) act, 2009 2   article 243a of the constitution shall be re-numbered as clause (1) of  that article and, after clause (1) as so re-numbered, the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:—amendment of article 243a (3) every gram sabha shall endeavour to disseminate as much information, suo-motu, about the schemes and programmes introduced by the government and to be implemented through the agency of gram sabha, among the people within its jurisdiction at regular intervals, so that people can effectively monitor the functioning of gram sabha" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthere is a provision in our constitution for sittings of parliament and state assemblies at regular intervals but no similar provision has been made for sittings of gram sabha gram sabhas are grass root level democratic institutions which are working for the welfare of the people living in rural areas people in rural areas are largely ignorant about the schemes being implemented by the government and they do not have any mechanism to monitor the functions of gram sabha unless a provision is made in the constitution itself for holding regular sittings of gram sabha, the very purpose of delegation of powers to local self government institutions will be defeated and the democracy at the grass root level will be difficult to sustain therefore, it is proposed to make it mandatory on the part of gram sabhas to hold their sittings at regular intervals across the countryhence this billnew delhi;raghuvansh  prasad  singhnovember 18 , 2009 annexureextract from the  constitution of india     part  ix the panchayats    gram sabha243a a gram sabha may exercise such powers and perform such functions at the village level as the legislature of a state may, by law, provide    ———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(dr raghuvansh prasad singh, mp)gmgipmrnd—4977ls(s5)—02-12-2009