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          Coming to the Panchayati Raj system, in a discussion in the House itself hon. Panchayati Raj Minister complimented Kerala for being the first State to have made a grand success of it. However, with these many of Central schemes being given to the State for implementation, how can the State implement all of them successfully? That can be done only through devolution of power - power of the fund, functions and functionaries – which is not there. We have implemented the Panchayati Raj System, after the 73rd and 74th amendments to the Constitution. However the staff pattern and procedures followed in 1964 continue even today. We have given Constitutional status to it but other issues have not been addressed.