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In which year the Rajasthan Panchyati Raj Act. 1953 was amended?

In which year the Rajasthan Panchyati Raj Act. 1953 was amended? Correct Answer 1994

The correct answer is 1994.

  • In 1994 the Rajasthan Panchyati Raj Act. 1953 was amended.

​Key Points

  • The Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Act, 1994:
    • "Backward Classes" means such backward classes of citizens, other than the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, as may be specified by the State Government from time to time for this Act
    • "Block" and "Panchayat Circle" shall respectively mean the local area over which a Panchayat Samiti, or, as the case may be, a Panchayat exercise its jurisdiction.
    • "Chairman" means Chairperson of a Standing Committee of 2  is constituted under this Act.
    • "Chairperson" and Deputy Chairperson" shall respectively mean the Sarpanch and UpSarpanch in the case of a Panchayat, the Pradhan, and Up-Pradhan in the case of a Panchayat Samiti and the Pramukh and Up-Pramukh in the case of a Zila Parishad.
    • "Commissioner" means the Divisional Commissioner or such other officer as may be appointed by the State Government to exercise the powers of a Commissioner under the Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956 (Rajasthan Act 15 of 1956).

​Additional Information

  • British rule introduced a highly decentralized system of administering justice, which changed the situation and the system of village Panchayats suffered a setback.
  • During the time of Viceroy Lord Ripon, there was an attempt to establish local bodies.
  • In Rajasthan, the princely states of Jodhpur, Bharatpur, Jaipur, Sirohi, Udaipur, and Karauli enacted legislations on Panchayats.
  • Bikaner state had its own Gram Panchayat Act much earlier in 1928.
    • Thus, at the time of independence, Panchayats were functioning in some of the erstwhile princely states, while in other states no such institutions existed.

Important Points

  • The first elections under the Rajasthan Panchayat Samitis and Zilla Parishads Act, 1959 were held in September-October 1959.
  • With the already existing Panchayats at the village level under the Rajasthan Panchayat Act, 1953, the three-tier scheme of Panchayati Raj began functioning on 2 October 1959.

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