Indian Polity PYQ 298 of 375 · Panchayati Raj and Community Development

Name the Committee which was set up by the NDC in 1957 for the reorganization of CDP and NES, which suggested a three-tier system of rural local government-

  1. ABalwant Rai Mehta Committee
  2. BAshok Mehta Committee
  3. CMaharashtra Committee on Democratic Decentralisation
  4. DRural-Urban Relationship Committee

53rd to 55th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2011

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Correct answer: (a) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee

Explanation

For the reorganization of the Community Development Programme (CDP) launched in 1952 and the National Extension Service (NES) launched in 1953, the National Development Council constituted a committee under the chairmanship of Balwant Rai Mehta in 1957. This committee recommended a three-tier Panchayat system (decentralization system) in rural areas—district level, block level and village level.

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