Which is the primary unit of local urban self government?
a. Nagar Nigam
b. Village Panchayat
c. Nagar Panchayat
Answers
b.) village panchayat
Village Panchayat is the 'primary unit' of 'local urban self-government'.
Answer: Option b.
Explanation:
After Independence, the new 'Constitution of India' did not provide any viable scheme for the organization of village Panchayats. Only a casual reference of Panchayats was made in Article 40 under the 'directive Principles of State Policy', which lack mandatory enforcement.
Article 40 provides “The state should take steps to 'organize village Panchayats' and endow them with such 'powers and authority' as may be necessary to enable them to function as the 'units of self-government".
It should be noted that the under the 'constitution of India', the subject of local self-government is included in the state list and therefore the responsibility to organize the village Panchayats rests with state governments.