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Given below are certain facts about Panchayati Raj System in India. Select the option which provides correct information about the same. Panchayati Raj System prevails throughout the country. Panchayats working in a state get funds only from their own state. The 73rd amendment to the constitution in 1992 led to the formation of the Panchayati Raj System in India. The Panchayat Raj system was first adopted by the state of Rajasthan in Hanumangarh district.

Given below are certain facts about Panchayati Raj System in India. Select the option which provides correct information about the same. Panchayati Raj System prevails throughout the country. Panchayats working in a state get funds only from their own state. The 73rd amendment to the constitution in 1992 led to the formation of the Panchayati Raj System in India. The Panchayat Raj system was first adopted by the state of Rajasthan in Hanumangarh district. Correct Answer Only C

The correct answer is Option 4, i.e Only C.

  • The 73rd amendment to the constitution in 1992 led to the formation of the Panchayati Raj System in India.
  • The Panchayati Raj System is not found in states like Nagaland, Mizoram, and Meghalaya, and UT of Delhi.
  • Panchayats receive funds on the recommendation by the Central Finance Commission as local body grants other than the funds given by state governments on the recommendations of the State Finance Commission. They also receive funds for the implementation of the centrally sponsored schemes.
  • In Nagaur district of Rajasthan, the Panchayati Raj system was first adopted on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti in the year 1959.

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Certain facts about Panchayati Raj are given. Identify the one(s) that is/are wrong among these. Nagaur of Rajasthan, was the first district where Panchayati Raj was first adopted on the occasion of the Gandhi Jayanti. The Panchayati Raj system comprises of three levels, the block level system is termed as Panchayat Samiti. The Panchayati Raj system in Delhi is an exception with only two tiers, i.e., village and district level.
Consider the following statements about Panchayati Raj in India: (a) Panchayati Raj was established in India on the recommendations of Balwant Rai Mehta committee. (b) Rajasthan was the first state to establish Panchayati Raj in 1959. (c) Panchayati Raj system has been implemented in all the states of the country.  (d) Panchayati Raj functions as a system of governance in which gram panchayats are the basic units of local administration. Select the correct statements using the code below:
Which of the following are not the voluntary provisions of the 73rd Amendment Act on Panchayati Raj ? a. Direct elections to all seats in Panchayats at the village, intermediate and district level. b. Granting financial powers to the Panchayats that is authorising them to levy, collect and appropriate taxes, duties, tolls and fees. c. 21 years to be the minimum age for contesting elections to panchayats. d. Giving representation to Members of the Parliament and the State Legislature in the Panchayats at different levels falling within their constituencies.
Which among the following statements are correct with respect to Panchayat Raj System? 1. Panchayati Raj was constitutionalized through the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1992. 2. A panchayat reconstituted after premature dissolution continues only for the remainder of the period. 3. The chairperson of each panchayat is elected according to the law passed by the Parliament.
Which of the following are the basic features of the Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act ?  1. Provides for a three-tier structure of panchayats in the village, intermediary and district levels.  2. Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and women in all the tiers of panchayats.  3. Election to panchayats under the supervision of the State Election Commissions.  4. Introduction of the 11th Schedule to the Constitution.  Select the correct answer using the code given below : 
Consider the following Statements regarding the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992: The act has added Part IX and X, Schedule 11 and 12 to the Constitution. The act has given practical shape to Article 40 of the Constitution. The act does not apply to Nagaland, Meghalaya, Mizoram & Darjeeling District of West Bengal. Only the members of Panchayats at Village Level are elected directly while that of Intermediate and District level are elected indirectly. Minimum Age for contesting Panchayat Elections is 25 years.   Which of the following statements is/are correct:
Consider the following statements
1. The Panchayati Raj System in Himachal Pradesh was established under the Panchayati Raj Act, 1954.
2. The Panchayati Raj Act, 1952 was replaced by Panchayati Raj Act, 1968.
3. Presently, the Panchayats in Himachal Pradesh administered by Panchayati Raj Act, 1994.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
The Constitution (Seventy-Third Amendment) Act, 1992. which aims at promoting the Panchayat Raj Institutions in the country, provides for which of the following? 1. Constitution of District Planning Committees. 2. State Election Commissions to conduct all panchayat elections. 3. Establishment of State Finance Commissions. Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Which of the following statements with regard to Panchayats in India is correct? 1. Seats in a Panchayat are filled by direct election from the territorial constituencies in the Panchayat area. 2. The Gram Sabha is the body of persons registered in the electoral rolls relating to a village within the Panchayat area. 3. The Panchayats work on the principle of constitutional autonomy. 4. The State Legislature may by law endow the Panchayats with the power and authority to enable them to function. Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Which of the following statement is/are incorrect? The second tier of the Panchayati Raj is Panchayat Samiti which provides a link between Gram Panchayat and Zila Parishad. The strength of a Panchayat Samiti also depends on the population in a Samiti area. Sarpanchs of Gram Panchayats are ex-officio members of Panchayat Samitis. Select the incorrect code from below.