Political Science · Political Institutions in India
UGC NET November 2017 Political Science
Which committee felt that the Panchayati Raj institutions could have survived well if they had been encouraged well by entrusting many responsibilities as a 'vanguard of development in village India'?
AAshok Mehta ✓ Correct
BLM Singhvi
CGV K Rao
DPK Thungan
Correct answer: (A) Ashok Mehta — The Ashok Mehta Committee held this view, so Ashok Mehta is the answer.
Explanation
★The Ashok Mehta Committee held this view, so Ashok Mehta is the answer.
★The Ashok Mehta Committee was appointed by the Janata government in 1977 to review the working of Panchayati Raj.
★It observed that the Panchayati Raj institutions had declined and needed strong encouragement to revive.
★It felt that the institutions could have flourished if they had been treated as a vanguard of rural development.
★It recommended a two-tier system of Zila Parishad and Mandal Panchayat and the involvement of political parties.
★It made 132 recommendations and proposed keeping nyaya panchayats separate from development panchayats.
★For NET, link the phrase vanguard of development in village India with the Ashok Mehta Committee of 1977-78.
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