why was the third tier of government created in India
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Indian Government is a three-tier system.
1. Union Government
2. State Government
3. Local Government
The Balwant Rai Mehta Committee recommended the establishment of the scheme of ‘democratic decentralisation’, which finally came to be known as Panchayati Raj, the third tier as the local government. This led to the establishment of a three-tier Panchayati Raj system: Gram Panchayat at the village level, Panchayat Samiti at the block level, and Zila Parishad at the district level.
The third tier of the local government was created in India due to many reasons.
1. To overcome various issues at the rural or the local level.
2. Requirement leading to the establishment of primary health centres, primary schools, the supply of drinking water, drainage and construction/ repair of roads at local and rural levels.
3. Implementation of schemes for the development of agriculture and infrastructure, cottage and small-scale industries, and the opening of cooperative societies.
States in India are as large as independent countries of Europe in terms of population, Uttar Pradesh is bigger than Russia, Maharashtra is about as big as Germany. Many of these states are internally very diverse . There is thus a need for power sharing within these states. Federal power sharing in India needs another tier of government below that of the state government. This is the rationale for the decentralisation of power. Thus, resulted a third tier of government called local government.