Q:- In which state the three tier 'PANCHAYATI RAJ' system first introduced?
-> Rajasthan...
From the time of Rig-Veda in 1200 B.C evidence of self- governing village bodies called Sabah exist. By the passage of time these village bodies had grown into Panchayats. Panchayat means a council of five persons. This village Panchayat had large powers both judicial and executive. But during the British regime the Panchayati Raj system almost vanished due to the growth of local courts.
Mahatma Gandhi advocated Panchayati Raj, as a decentralized form of Government where each village is responsible for its own governance. He coined the term "Gram Swaraj", which when translated into English means “Independent Village
Republics”. After the Independence of India in 1952 the Community Development Program was the first step in this direction. It was expected to induce transformation in the rural areas with a focus on agriculture. However, it failed to involve the rural masses to take decisions because of excessive bureaucratic control.
The Balwantrai Mehta Committee was then set in 1957 to make recommendations on new structure to be created to involve local people in the development process. The committee recommended the "establishment of an interconnected three-tier organizational structure of democratic decentralization at the village, block and district levels".
This led to the enactment of the Panchayati Raj Acts in various states. Jawaharlal Nehru inaugurated the first generation of Panchayat Raj at “Nagaur in Rajasthan on 2 October 1959”.
-> Rajasthan...
From the time of Rig-Veda in 1200 B.C evidence of self- governing village bodies called Sabah exist. By the passage of time these village bodies had grown into Panchayats. Panchayat means a council of five persons. This village Panchayat had large powers both judicial and executive. But during the British regime the Panchayati Raj system almost vanished due to the growth of local courts.
Mahatma Gandhi advocated Panchayati Raj, as a decentralized form of Government where each village is responsible for its own governance. He coined the term "Gram Swaraj", which when translated into English means “Independent Village
Republics”. After the Independence of India in 1952 the Community Development Program was the first step in this direction. It was expected to induce transformation in the rural areas with a focus on agriculture. However, it failed to involve the rural masses to take decisions because of excessive bureaucratic control.The Balwantrai Mehta Committee was then set in 1957 to make recommendations on new structure to be created to involve local people in the development process. The committee recommended the "establishment of an interconnected three-tier organizational structure of democratic decentralization at the village, block and district levels".
This led to the enactment of the Panchayati Raj Acts in various states. Jawaharlal Nehru inaugurated the first generation of Panchayat Raj at “Nagaur in Rajasthan on 2 October 1959”.
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