Municipal corporations in Madhya Pradesh are constituted under which Act?
- A.The Madhya Pradesh Nagar Palik Nigam Adhiniyam, 1956
- B.The Madhya Pradesh Nagar Palika Adhiniyam, 1961
- C.The Madhya Pradesh Municipal Act, 1993
- D.The Madhya Pradesh Municipal Act, 2007
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, the Madhya Pradesh Nagar Palik Nigam Adhiniyam, 1956. A Nagar Palik Nigam, that is a municipal corporation, is constituted for a larger urban area under this Act of 1956, the same year in which the state of Madhya Pradesh was formed; its elected head is the Mayor and its executive head the Municipal Commissioner.
Option B, the Nagar Palika Adhiniyam of 1961, is the law for the smaller urban bodies of the state, the Nagar Palika Parishads and Nagar Parishads, so it is correct for them but not for a corporation. Option C, an Act of 1993, is the year of the state's panchayat law and is offered to catch a candidate who assumes one law covers both the village and the town. Option D, an Act of 2007, belongs to Bihar, whose urban bodies work under the Bihar Municipal Act, 2007. In the Constitution all three kinds of municipality come from Article 243Q, and the state Acts only work it out in detail.
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Practice Questions
View allWhich state was the first in India to constitute panchayats and hold panchayat elections under the 73rd Constitutional Amendment?
- A.Rajasthan
- B.Madhya Pradesh
- C.Karnataka
- D.Andhra Pradesh
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The 73rd Amendment came into force on 24 April 1993 and gave the states one year to bring their laws in line with Part IX.
Read the full explanation →In Madhya Pradesh, the panchayat at the block level is known as the:
- A.Panchayat Samiti
- B.Janpad Panchayat
- C.Taluka Panchayat
- D.Mandal Parishad
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The middle tier of panchayati raj in Madhya Pradesh is the Janpad Panchayat, set up for a development block, and it is headed by an Adhyaksha elected by its own elected members, with an Up-Adhyaksha as deputy.
Read the full explanation →The elected head of a Gram Panchayat in Madhya Pradesh is called the:
- A.Mukhiya
- B.Sarpanch
- C.Pradhan
- D.Adhyaksha
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In Madhya Pradesh the voters of the panchayat area elect the Sarpanch directly, along with the Panches of the wards, and the Panches then choose an Up-Sarpanch from among themselves.
Read the full explanation →The Gram Swaraj system, which made the Gram Sabha the centre of village decision-making, was introduced in Madhya Pradesh in which year?
- A.1994
- B.1997
- C.2001
- D.2006
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Madhya Pradesh brought in the Gram Swaraj system in 2001, giving the Gram Sabha committees of its own for development, education, health and agriculture and a Gram Kosh built from contributions of grain, labour, material and cash; the state Act was renamed the Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Raj Evam Gram Swaraj…
Read the full explanation →Which Article of the Constitution provides for a District Planning Committee, called the Zila Yojana Samiti in Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Article 243ZA
- B.Article 243ZD
- C.Article 243ZE
- D.Article 243Y
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Article 243ZD, inserted by the 74th Amendment, requires every state to constitute a District Planning Committee in each district to consolidate the plans prepared by the panchayats and the municipalities of the district and to prepare a draft development plan for the district as a whole; at least four-fifths of…
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