Political Science · Governance & Public Policy in India
UGC NET January 2026 Political Science
Passage
Read the following passage and answer the questions. In January 1957, the Government of India appointed a committee to examine the working of the community development programme (1952) and the National Extension Service (1953) and to suggest measures for their better working. The chairman of this committee was Balwant Rai Mehta. The committee submitted its report in November 1957 and recommended the establishment of the scheme of democratic decentralisation, which ultimately came to be known as Panchayati Raj. The specific recommendations made by it included the establishment of a three-tier Panchayat Raj system: Gram Panchayat at the village level, Panchayat Samiti at the block level, and Zila Parishad at the district level.
As per the passage, the Balwant Rai Mehta committee recommended which body for the district level?
AZila Parishad ✓ Correct
BZila Panchayat
CZila Samiti
DZila Sahakari Samiti
Correct answer: (A) Zila Parishad — As per the passage, the committee recommended the Zila Parishad at the district level, so the answer is Zila Parishad.
Explanation
★As per the passage, the committee recommended the Zila Parishad at the district level, so the answer is Zila Parishad.
★The Balwant Rai Mehta Committee proposed a three-tier structure.
★At the village level it placed the Gram Panchayat.
★At the block level it placed the Panchayat Samiti.
★At the district level it placed the Zila Parishad as the apex tier.
★The Zila Parishad coordinates and supervises the lower tiers in the district.
★The other options are not the body named for the district level in the passage.
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