Political Science · Political Institutions in India
UGC NET January 2017 Political Science
Match the List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below.
List I
- I. Finance Commission
- II. Nagar Panchayats
- III. Democratic Decentralization
- IV. Mandal Panchayats
List II
- a. Ashok Mehta Committee
- b. 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act
- c. 74th Constitutional Amendment Act
- d. Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
AI-b, II-c, III-d, IV-a ✓ Correct
BI-a, II-b, III-c, IV-d
CI-c, II-d, III-b, IV-a
DI-b, II-c, III-a, IV-d
Correct answer: (A) I-b, II-c, III-d, IV-a — Correct matching: Finance Commission with the 73rd Amendment, Nagar Panchayats with the 74th Amendment, Democratic Decentralization with the Balwant Rai Mehta Committee, and Mandal Panchayats with the Ashok Mehta Committee.
Explanation
★Correct matching: Finance Commission with the 73rd Amendment, Nagar Panchayats with the 74th Amendment, Democratic Decentralization with the Balwant Rai Mehta Committee, and Mandal Panchayats with the Ashok Mehta Committee.
★The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992 provides for a State Finance Commission every five years to review the financial position of Panchayats under Article 243-I.
★The 74th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992 created Nagar Panchayats for areas in transition from rural to urban, alongside Municipal Councils and Municipal Corporations.
★The Balwant Rai Mehta Committee, 1957 recommended a three-tier Panchayati Raj system and coined the idea of democratic decentralisation.
★The Ashok Mehta Committee, 1977 recommended a two-tier system of Zila Parishad and Mandal Panchayat, the latter covering a group of villages.
★Rajasthan was the first State to adopt Panchayati Raj, inaugurated at Nagaur in 1959 on the basis of the Balwant Rai Mehta report.
★The 73rd Amendment added Part IX and the Eleventh Schedule of 29 subjects for Panchayats, with reservation for SCs, STs and women.
★For NET, link the Balwant Rai Mehta (three-tier), Ashok Mehta (two-tier), L.M. Singhvi and G.V.K. Rao committees with the evolution of Panchayati Raj.
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