Which committee recommended a three-tier Panchayati Raj structure in the Indian constitution?
Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
The question asks which committee first recommended a three-tier structure for Panchayati Raj in India.
The Balwant Rai Mehta Committee was set up in 1957 to examine the working of community development programmes.
It recommended a three-tier Panchayati Raj system consisting of Gram Panchayat at the village level, Panchayat Samiti at the block level, and Zila Parishad at the district level.
This makes the Balwant Rai Mehta Committee the correct answer.
The Ashok Mehta Committee (1977) later suggested a two-tier system, so it is incorrect here.
The GVK Rao Committee (1985) and the L M Singhvi Committee (1986) dealt with strengthening and constitutionalising Panchayati Raj but did not originate the three-tier recommendation.
Hence the correct answer is the Balwant Rai Mehta Committee.
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