Block Development Officer

The BDO is to educate the Panchayat Samiti members to take the right decisions with regard to the programmes to be pursued. He also manages the execution of all the initiatives related to the construction and planning of the blocks. The Head of the Block Office is the Block Development Officer. He is supported by a team of officers, technical staff and ministerial staff who are responsible for carrying out the various development works assigned to the Department efficiently and successfully. They are also responsible for ensuring the participation of the people and preserving public support for the various initiatives implemented by the Blocks in order to execute the schemes. He/She has the utmost importance in the administration of a locality.

There are some emergency functions performed by the BDO too. He guides the execution of any function or act in the event of fire, floods or epidemics and the incurrence of expenditure on it which usually requires the approval of the Panchayat Samiti or its standing committee.