The three-tier Panchayati Raj structure comprising Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti, and Zila Parishad was first recommended by which of the following committees?
Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
The Balwant Rai Mehta Committee, appointed in 1957 to review community development programmes, recommended a three-tier system of democratic decentralisation consisting of the Gram Panchayat at the village level, the Panchayat Samiti at the block level, and the Zila Parishad at the district level.
This recommendation laid the foundation for the Panchayati Raj system later adopted across India.
The Sarkaria Commission dealt with Centre-State relations, the Dinesh Goswami Committee with electoral reforms, and the Swaran Singh Committee with constitutional amendments — none of these proposed the three-tier Panchayati Raj structure.
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Important Questions from Local Government
Which one of the following is not a power of Panchayats under Article 243G?
- Panchayati Raj Institutions are primarily the institutions of
Which one of the following provisions of the Constitution of India deals with District Planning Committee?
Which one of the following is NOT a subject that has been devolved to the Panchyati Raj Institutions by the 11 th Schedule of the Constitution of India?
Which of the following are the basic features of the Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act ?
1. Provides for a three-tier structure of panchayats in the village, intermediary and district levels.
2. Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and women in all the tiers of panchayats.
3. Election to panchayats under the supervision of the State Election Commissions.
4. Introduction of the 11 th Schedule to the Constitution.
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