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Option 3 : 1 and 3 only

The correct answer is 1 and 3 only.

  • The Panchayati Raj institutions are meant to promote grass-root democracy and development.
  • Its aim is to evolve a system of democratic decentralization and people’s participation with a view to ensure rapid, speedy socio-economic progress and provide adequate justice. Hence statement 1 and 3 is correct.
  • Political accountability can be achieved in any system with democratic rule. Hence statement 2 is incorrect.

  • A committee constituted in 1957 by the National Development Council which was headed by Balwant Rai Mehta suggested a three-tier PRIs, namely, Grama Panchayats (GPs) at the village level, Panchayat Samiti (PSs) at the block level, and Zilla Parishad (ZPs) at the district level.
  • L.M.Singhvi committee in 1986 recommended constitutional status to the panchayats.
  • The Panchayat Raj System was first established in the state of Rajasthan in Nagaur district on 2nd Oct 1959 while the second state was Andhra Pradesh.
  • Resource mobilization is an outcome of PRI, not an objective of PRI.
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