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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