Committees
Important Committees
1. Statutory Standing Committees
| Committee Name | Committee Members / Leadership (2025-2030) | Core Functions & Functional Sectors |
|---|---|---|
| Steering Committee | Panchayat President (Chairperson) Members: Vice President and Chairpersons of all 4 Standing Committees. | The apex coordinating body of the Panchayat. Reviews the performance of various standing committees, resolves operational conflicts between committees, maps agendas for the full general body sessions, and provides executive direction during administrative exigencies. |
| Finance Standing Committee | Ajayaghosh (Chairperson) Members: Jamsheera Amala C M Farisha Beegam P Abdu Samad K | Manages the central financial administration of the local body. Responsible for compiling the Annual Budget estimates, evaluating property/professional tax collection efficiency, examining monthly income-expenditure accounts, handling external financial grants, and drafting rectifications for audit reports. |
| Development Standing Committee | Sheeja K P (Chairperson) Members: T Unnikrishnan, Jasni K Shahanas Banu P, Abdul Azeez M | Formulates strategies for the productive sectors, physical infrastructure, and regional economic growth. Oversees agriculture modernization, soil conservation, minor irrigation projects, animal husbandry, local road construction networks, and rural/village small-scale industries. |
| Welfare Standing Committee | M Rajan (Chairperson) Members: Athira M T Manikandan T Musthafa Muhammed A K Muhammed Haneefa A K | Directs poverty alleviation initiatives and tracks the socio-economic empowerment of marginalized classes. Spearheads SC/ST development allocations, public housing programs (e.g., LIFE Mission), verification of social security pensions, and protective schemes for women, children, and differently-abled individuals. |
| Health & Education Standing Committee | Mini S (Chairperson) Members: Sujatha P Saniba K Muraleedharan V | Supervises community public health institutions, environmental sanitation networks, and local learning assets. Monitors Primary/Family Health Centres (PHC/FHC), waste management operations (via Haritha Karma Sena), midday meal execution and facilities in public schools, alongside promoting public libraries, cultural clubs, and youth sports. |
2. Other Important Functional Committees
| Committee Name | Structure / Composition | Primary Objectives & Mandates |
|---|---|---|
| Procurement / Purchase Committee | Panchayat President / Secretary Members: Concerned Implementing Officers, technical domain experts, and Store Verification Officer. | Regulates the institutional purchase of equipment, computers, office inventory, and materials for local projects. Ensures that tender and quotation mechanisms adhere strictly to public Store Purchase Rules, guarantees transparency, prevents financial anomalies, and evaluates quality benchmarks before local funds are disbursed. |
| Jagaratha Samithi (Vigilance Committee) | Panchayat President (Chairperson) Members: ICDS Supervisor (Convenor), elected women ward members, local Police representatives, and legal volunteers. | Acts as a local community safeguard framework to prevent atrocities against women and children. It registers grievances related to domestic violence, dowry harassment, cyber/physical exploitation, and coordinates mediation, psychological counseling, and legal assistance channels. |
| Tree Committee | Panchayat President / Development Chairperson Members: Social Forestry/Forest Range Officers, Assistant Engineer, and civil society environmentalists. | Oversees the ecological maintenance of trees planted on public roads, communal property, and shared grounds. Evaluates and issues official clearance permits for pruning or removing old, hazardous timber while monitoring mandatory localized compensatory afforestation programs. |
| Traffic Regulatory Committee | Panchayat President (Chairperson) Members: Station House Officer (SHO), Motor Vehicles Department (MVD) inspector, PWD/LSGD Engineers, and merchants union leads. | Optimizes regional transport flow and civilian transit safety, particularly near commercial segments like Koppam Town. Manages vehicle parking allocations, establishes authorized auto-taxi pickup stands, coordinates signage layout adjustments, and manages encroachments along local thoroughfares. |
| Asset Maintenance Committee | Assistant Engineer / Ward Representative Members: Sectoral field overseers, community user group leaders. | Monitors and evaluates physical asset deprecation under Panchayat ownership. Identifies immediate structural restoration repairs for public water lines, solar installations, community wells, street lighting arrays, and institutional buildings to optimize resource longevity. |
Note: Functional committees are legally bound to periodically file their evaluations and project validations through the Panchayat Secretary to obtain valid structural allocations from the main board council.