Re-arrange the committees created for efficient working of Panchayati Raj system in India in chronological order, starting from the oldest.
A. Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
B. L.M. Singhvi Committee
C. Ashok Mehta Committee
D. Hanumantha Rao Committee
E. V.N Gadgil Committee
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A, C, D, B and E
Each committee is placed by the year in which it was set up or reported:
A. Balwant Rai Mehta Committee — 1957; recommended the three-tier Panchayati Raj (village, block, district), first started in Nagaur, Rajasthan, in 1959.
C. Ashok Mehta Committee — 1977–78; recommended a two-tier system, with the Zila Parishad and the Mandal Panchayat.
D. Hanumantha Rao Committee — 1984; studied planning at the district level.
B. L.M. Singhvi Committee — 1986; recommended constitutional status for the Panchayati Raj institutions.
E. V.N. Gadgil Committee — 1988; its proposals, such as a fixed five-year term and reserved seats, led to the 64th Amendment Bill and later to the 73rd Amendment of 1992.