) Assertion (A): The Balwant Rai Mehta Committee (1957) recommended the setting up of Panchayat Raj in India. Reason (R): The Indian National Congress earlier adopted a resolution to introduce Panchayat Raj in independent India. a) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). c) (A) is true, but (R) is false. d) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
Answers
Answer:
A is false but R is true
Explanation:
The Balwant Rai Mehta Committee was a committee originally appointed by the Government of India on 16 January 1957 to examine the working of the Community Development Programme (2 October 1952) and the National Extension Service (2 October 1953) and to suggest measures for their better working. The Chairman of this committee was Balwantrai G Mehta. The committee submitted its report on 24 November 1957 and recommended the establishment of the scheme of 'democratic decentralisation' which finally came to be known as Panchayati Raj. The main aim of Panchayat raj system is to settle the local problems locally and to make the people politically conscious.
The report of the Team for the Study of the Community Projects and National Extension Service, Chaired by Balwantray G. Mehta in 1957 is attached here.[1]
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