Indian Polity PYQ 320 of 375 · Panchayati Raj and Community Development

The Panchayati Raj System was first started in India in the State of Rajasthan and ..................

  1. AHaryana
  2. BGujarat
  3. CUttar Pradesh
  4. DAndhra Pradesh

47th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2005

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Correct answer: (d) Andhra Pradesh

Explanation

Article 40 of the Constitution directs the states to form Panchayats. In 1957, the Balwant Rai Mehta Committee recommended the formation of a three-tier Panchayati system. Based on these recommendations, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru inaugurated Panchayati Raj on 2 October 1959 in Nagaur district of Rajasthan. Subsequently, Andhra Pradesh implemented this arrangement and became the second state to adopt the Panchayati Raj system.

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