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Q122 (CAPF/2018) Polity & Governance › Local Government › Panchayati Raj system Answer Verified

Ash ok Mehta Committee wgg constituted to make recommendations on which one of the following issues?

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The Ashok Mehta Committee was appointed in December 1977 by the Janata Government to examine and suggest measures to strengthen the declining Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) in India [2]. The committee submitted its report in 1978, making 132 recommendations aimed at revitalizing local self-governance [1]. Its most significant proposal was the replacement of the existing three-tier structure with a two-tier system, consisting of the Zilla Parishad at the district level and the Mandal Panchayat for a group of villages [1]. Unlike the earlier Balwant Rai Mehta Committee (1957) which established the three-tier model, the Ashok Mehta Committee emphasized the district as the primary point for decentralization and advocated for the official participation of political parties in PRI elections [1]. Therefore, the committee was specifically constituted to address issues related to the Panchayati Raj system.

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  1. [1] Laxmikanth, M. Indian Polity. 7th ed., McGraw Hill. > Chapter 39: Panchayati Raj > Ashok Mehta Committee > p. 385
  2. [2] Indian Polity, M. Laxmikanth(7th ed.) > Chapter 39: Panchayati Raj > Ashok Mehta Committee > p. 385
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