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NDA 2023 GAT · General Knowledge · Parliament, Executive and Judiciary · hard

Which committee, set up in 1957, recommended the three-tier Panchayati Raj system?

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Which committee, set up in 1957, recommended the three-tier Panchayati Raj system?
  1. A. Ashok Mehta Committee
  2. B. Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
  3. C. Sarkaria Commission
  4. D. Kothari Commission
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Answer: (B) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee

The Balwant Rai Mehta Committee studied community development programmes and recommended village, block and district level bodies, and Rajasthan was the first state to adopt the system in 1959. The Ashok Mehta Committee of 1977 suggested a two-tier structure, the Sarkaria Commission examined Centre-state relations, and the Kothari Commission looked at education.
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