Which committee first recommended a three-tier structure of panchayati raj in India?
- A.Balwant Rai Mehta Committee, 1957
- B.Ashok Mehta Committee, 1977
- C.L. M. Singhvi Committee, 1986
- D.G. V. K. Rao Committee, 1985
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, the Balwant Rai Mehta Committee of 1957. It was appointed to examine the working of the Community Development Programme and the National Extension Service, and it recommended a three-tier structure of the Gram Panchayat at the village level, the Panchayat Samiti at the block level and the Zila Parishad at the district level, a scheme it called democratic decentralisation. Rajasthan was the first state to inaugurate it, at Nagaur on 2 October 1959.
Option B, the Ashok Mehta Committee of 1977, went the other way and recommended a two-tier structure of the Mandal Panchayat and the Zila Parishad. Option C, the L. M. Singhvi Committee of 1986, is the one that first asked for constitutional status for panchayats and for Gram Sabhas to be treated as the base of democracy, which bore fruit in the Seventy-third Amendment. Option D, the G. V. K. Rao Committee of 1985, recommended that the Zila Parishad be made the pivot of development administration and that a District Development Commissioner be appointed.
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Practice Questions
View allOn which date did the Constitution (Seventy-third Amendment) Act, 1992 come into force?
- A.24 April 1993
- B.1 June 1993
- C.2 October 1992
- D.26 November 1992
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Read the full explanation →How many subjects are listed in the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution?
- A.18
- B.22
- C.29
- D.31
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The Eleventh Schedule was added by the Seventy-third Amendment and lists 29 subjects that a state legislature may devolve on the panchayats under Article 243G, among them agriculture, land improvement, minor irrigation, animal husbandry, rural housing, drinking water, roads, poverty alleviation, education, health, the public distribution system and the welfare…
Read the full explanation →Which is the institution of self-government for rural areas constituted under Article 243B of the Indian Constitution?
- A.Gram Sabha
- B.Panchayat
- C.Gramin Sabha
- D.Village service
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Read the full explanation →In Uttar Pradesh, the panchayat at the block or intermediate level is known by which name?
- A.Panchayat Samiti
- B.Kshettra Panchayat
- C.Taluka Panchayat
- D.Janpad Panchayat
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Read the full explanation →The elected head of a Zila Panchayat in Uttar Pradesh is designated as:
- A.Pradhan
- B.Pramukh
- C.Adhyaksh
- D.Apar Mukhya Adhikari
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In Uttar Pradesh the Zila Panchayat, the district tier of panchayati raj, is headed by an elected Adhyaksh, with an Up-Adhyaksh as the deputy, under the Uttar Pradesh Kshettra Panchayats and Zila Panchayats Adhiniyam, 1961.
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