The Gram Sabha recognised by Article 243A of the Constitution consists of
- A.All elected members of the gram panchayat
- B.All persons registered in the electoral rolls of the villages in the panchayat area
- C.The Sarpanch and the ward panchs only
- D.All residents of the village above eighteen years, whether registered or not
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, all persons registered in the electoral rolls of the villages in the panchayat area. The Gram Sabha is the general body of voters, not a committee of representatives, which is why it is called the village counterpart of the legislature; it considers the annual accounts and audit report, approves plans and beneficiary lists and carries out the social audit of works. Option A is wrong because the elected members together form the gram panchayat, the executive body answerable to the Gram Sabha. Option C is wrong for the same reason, and it names only the office bearers. Option D is wrong on a fine but important point: membership follows registration in the electoral roll of the area, so a resident who is not enrolled there is not a member, while a registered voter remains one.
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Practice Questions
View allPanchayati raj was inaugurated in India for the first time on 2 October 1959 at which place?
- A.Nagaur, Rajasthan
- B.Jaipur, Rajasthan
- C.Shadnagar, Andhra Pradesh
- D.Wardha, Maharashtra
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Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru inaugurated panchayati raj at Nagaur on 2 October 1959, acting on the recommendation of the Balwant Rai Mehta Committee, and Rajasthan therefore became the first state in India to begin the three tier system of local self government.
Read the full explanation →The three tier structure of panchayati raj was recommended by which committee?
- A.Ashok Mehta Committee
- B.Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
- C.L. M. Singhvi Committee
- D.G. V. K. Rao Committee
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This committee, which reported in 1957 after studying the working of the Community Development Programme, held that rural development could not succeed without participation, and recommended democratic decentralisation through elected bodies at three levels, the village panchayat, the panchayat samiti at the block and the zila parishad at the district.
Read the full explanation →Which Constitutional Amendment Act gave panchayats a place in the Constitution of India?
- A.The 42nd Amendment
- B.The 44th Amendment
- C.The 73rd Amendment
- D.The 74th Amendment
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The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1992 inserted Part IX with Articles 243 to 243O and the Eleventh Schedule, making regular elections, reservation and a fixed five year term binding on the states, and it came into force on 24 April 1993, now National Panchayati Raj Day.
Read the full explanation →How many subjects are listed in the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution for devolution to panchayats?
- A.18
- B.21
- C.29
- D.31
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The Eleventh Schedule, added by the 73rd Amendment, lists twenty nine subjects that a state may entrust to its panchayats, from agriculture, minor irrigation and rural housing to drinking water, primary education, health and the public distribution system; devolution of these subjects, along with funds and functionaries, is what decides…
Read the full explanation →In Rajasthan, the elected head of a Panchayat Samiti is called the
- A.Sarpanch
- B.Pradhan
- C.Pramukh
- D.Vikas Adhikari
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The panchayat samiti is the middle or block level tier, and its elected members choose one of themselves as Pradhan, with an Up-Pradhan as deputy.
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