85.The fundamental object of Panchayati Raj system is
to ensure which among the following?
- People’s participation in development
- Political accountability
- Democratic decentralization
- Financial mobilization
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
a) 1, 2 and 3 only
b) 2 and 4 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
The correct answer is 1 and 3 only.
- The Panchayati Raj institutions
- It is meant to promote grass-root democracy and development.
- The main aim is to evolve a system of democratic decentralization and people’s participation to ensure rapid, speedy socio-economic progress and provide adequate justice. Hence statement 1 and 3 is correct.
- Political accountability can be achieved in any system with democratic rule. Hence statement 2 is incorrect.
- Additional Points
- Evolution of Panchayati Raj in India
- A three-tier PRI system, consisting of Grama Panchayats (GPs) at the village level, Panchayat Samitis (PSs) at the block level, and Zilla Parishads (ZPs) at the district level, was proposed by a committee set up by the National Development Council in 1957 and led by Balwant Rai Mehta.
- In 1986, the L.M. Singhvi Committee suggested giving panchayats constitutional standing.
- On October 2, 1959, the Nagaur district of the state of Rajasthan became the first to implement the Panchayat Raj System, followed by the state of Andhra Pradesh.
- Resource mobilization is an outcome of PRI, not an objective of Panchayati Raj in India.
- Evolution of Panchayati Raj in India
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