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Indian PolityMediumAsked in: Uttar Pradesh · UPPSC PCS Pre GS-I, 22 Dec 2024

Which one of the following is not a tier in the three-tier Panchayati Raj recommended by the Balwant Rai Mehta Committee?

  1. A.Gram Panchayat
  2. B.Panchayat Samiti
  3. C.Nyaya Panchayat
  4. D.Zila Panchayat

Correct answer

C. Nyaya Panchayat

Explanation

The correct answer is C, Nyaya Panchayat. A Nyaya Panchayat is a village court for small civil and criminal disputes, a judicial body that some states created, so it is not a tier of local self-government. The Balwant Rai Mehta Committee was set up in 1957 to review the Community Development Programme and recommended ‘democratic decentralisation’ through three linked tiers. It wanted the block-level body to be the main executive body and the district body to guide and supervise. Rajasthan was the first state to adopt the scheme, at Nagaur on 2 October 1959, and Andhra Pradesh followed soon after. Option A is wrong because the Gram Panchayat is the first tier, at the village level. Option B is wrong because the Panchayat Samiti is the middle tier, at the block level. Option D is wrong because the Zila Panchayat, also called the Zila Parishad, is the top tier, at the district level. Exam tip: Balwant Rai Mehta 1957, three tiers, Nagaur 1959; the Ashok Mehta Committee of 1977 proposed two tiers.

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  2. B.All the reports of the Commission and its recommendations shall be laid only before Lok Sabha.
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  3. C.1, 2 and 3
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