Section 109(1)(a) in The West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973
(a)[(i) undertake schemes or adopt measures, including the giving of financial assistance, relating to the development of agriculture, fisheries, live-stock, khadi, cottage and small-scale industries, cooperative movement, rural credit, water-supply, irrigation and minor irrigation including water management and watershed development, public health and sanitation including establishment and maintenance of dispensaries and hospitals, communication, primary and secondary education, adult and non-formal education, welfare of students, social forestry and farm forestry including fuel and fodder, rural electrification including distribution, non- conventional energy sources, women and child development, social welfare and other objects of general public utility;] [[Clause (i) substituted by W.B. Act 18 of 1994, which was earlier as under:-