Dalit Panchayats

Every person in the community is enabled to become part of decision-making, be it youth, women and men.
The decision taken is implemented by all in the community.
The aspiration and desire is to have the leadership of Dalit Panchayat in the hands of Dalit women.
One of the criteria for taking up leadership in the Dalit Panchayat is a total commitment to the community.
It means traditional leadership, which is partly with the dominant caste people, has to make its choice.
The Dalit Panchayat must help such leaders to get rid of this bondage.

Dalit Panchayat Structure

All members of all families, above the age of 18, should naturally become members of Dalit Panchayats.
Totally there will be ten leaders in the governing process of the Dalit Panchayat. This number includes the elders, youth and women.
Out of the ten, five will be women and five will be men.
The presence of five women is a must for every Dalit Panchayat.
Each Dalit Panchayat must either elect or appoint a volunteer known as the Booshakthi Sevaka/Sevaki to serve the community.

The Dalit Panchayat shall address all the problems, issues, concerns, internal conflict, development issues and schemes.
They shall put a stop to running to the dominant caste village panchayat for resolving their internal problems. e.g. Husband and wife quarrel.
Familial conflicts shall be addressed in the family. If that is not possible then the community intervenes. Because it is no more an individual problem but a community problem. The Dalit Panchayat shall take the decision to resolve the problem.
In the same way if the dominant caste people have any problem with the Dalits they should come to the Dalit Panchayat and resolve such issue.
If Dalits have problems with the dominant caste, then the Dalits shall go to the village Panchayat for resolving the issue.
Each Dalit Panchayat will be prepared to deal with such issues in the future.

Each Dalit Panchayat Strives hard to build the Community in the following Dimensions: