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Can the Panchayat Raj institutions play a role in grassroot level planning in India ? If yes, discuss how.

  • UPSC 2022
  • Regional Development and Planning

Yes — and they already do. Grassroot planning is a running annual exercise, not a proposal: Article 243G requires Panchayats to prepare plans for economic development and social justice across the 29 subjects of the Eleventh Schedule.

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