Panchayati Raj is associated with which Schedule?

Option 2 : 11th

The correct answer is 11th.

• Panchayati Raj
  • Panchayati Raj is the system of local self-government of villages in rural India as opposed to urban and suburban municipalities.
  • It consists of the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) through which the self-government of villages is realized.
  • They are tasked with "economic development, strengthening social justice and implementation of Central and State Government Schemes including those 29 subjects listed in the 11th Schedule."
  • ​Part IX of the Indian Constitution is the section of the Constitution relating to the Panchayats.
  • It stipulates that in states or Union Territories with more than two million inhabitants there are three levels of PRIs:
    • Zilla Parishad at the District Level
    • Panchayat Samiti at the Block Level
    • Gram/Village Panchayat at the Village Level

Shortcut Trick

• How to remember all the schedules: Code for 12 schedules is - TEARS OF OLD PM
  • 1st Schedule: T- Territory,
  • 2nd Schedule: E- Emoluments/salary,
  • 3rd Schedule: A- Affirmation/Oath,
  • 4th Schedule: R- Rajya Sabha,
  • 5th Schedule: S- Scheduled Tribes,
  • 6th Schedule: O- Other Tribes,
  • 7th Schedule: F- Federal (Division Of Powers),
  • 8th Schedule: O- Official Regional Languages,
  • 9th Schedule: L- Land Reform,
  • 10th Schedule: D- Defection (Anti-Defection Law),
  • 11th Schedule: P- Panchayati Raj,
  • 12th Schedule: M- Municipal Corporation.