The Government felt that frequent moving of no-confidence motions on trivial and unjustifiable grounds affected the continuity in planning and implementation of works in rural Local Bodies and are detrimental to public interest. In order to make the provisions for moving and passing the no-confidence motion more stringent, the Government have amended relevant provisions of the Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994, wherein the minimum strength required for issuance of motion of no confidence against the Vice-President of the Village Panchayat or the Chairperson or the Vice-Chairperson of the Panchayat Union or the District Panchayat concerned has been increased from the existing half of the sanctioned strength to three-fifth and the minimum strength required for carrying the motion has been increased from the existing two-third to four-fifth of the strength of the local body concerned. Also it has been stipulated that no motion of any confidence can be brought within one year of the assumption of the office or during the last year of the term of office of the Vice-President of the Village Panchayat or the Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson of the Panchayat Union or the District Panchayat concerned.