Match List-I with List-II.
| List-I | List-II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (Committees) | (Report/Subject) | ||
| (A) | Balwant Rai Mehta Committee | (I) | Working of Panchayats |
| (B) | Ashok Mehta Committee | (II) | Panchayati Raj |
| (C) | Hanumantha Rao Committee | (III) | Constitutional status of Panchayats |
| (D) | L.M. Singhvi Committee | (IV) | District level planning |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)
Each committee is known by the task it was given and its main recommendation on local self-government.
(A) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee — this matches (II) Panchayati Raj. Its 1957 report proposed ‘democratic decentralisation’ through a three-tier Panchayati Raj (village, block, district); Rajasthan began it in 1959.
(B) Ashok Mehta Committee — this matches (I) Working of Panchayats. Set up in 1977 to review the working of the Panchayati Raj institutions, which had declined, it suggested a two-tier system instead.
(C) Hanumantha Rao Committee — this matches (IV) District level planning. This 1984 working group of the Planning Commission dealt with planning at the district level.
(D) L.M. Singhvi Committee — this matches (III) Constitutional status of Panchayats. In 1986 it recommended that Panchayati Raj be given constitutional recognition, which came with the 73rd Amendment in 1992.