GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

INDIAN POLITICS

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Ashok Mehta Committee recommended for establishment of
A
Mandal Panchayat
B
Nagar Panchyat
C
Panchayat Samiti
D
Gram Panchayat
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The main recommendations of the committee were: The 3-tier system of Panchayati Raj should be replaced by the 2-tier system: Zilla Parishad at the district level, and below it, the Mandal Panchayat consisting of a group of villages covering a population of 15000 to 20000.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Balwant Rai Mehta Committee, headed by the Member of Parliament Balwantrai Mehta, was a committee appointed by the Government of India in January 1957 to examine the work of the Community Development Programme (1952) and the National Extension Service (1953), to suggest measures to improve their work.

Detailed explanation-3: -Balwant Rai Mehta Committee & Panchayati Raj The committee suggested the establishment of a democratic decentralised local government which came to be known as the Panchayati Raj. Recommendations by the Committee: Three-tier Panchayati Raj system: Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad.

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