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PSIR Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Do you think that despite having significant limitations the Panchayati Raj Institutions have strengthened the process of democratic decentralization? Give your views.

  • UPSC 2021
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  • Grassroots Democracy

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"Democratic decentralisation" was the Balwantrai Mehta Committee's own prescription (1957): a genuine transfer of power and resources to elected local bodies so that people shape their own development. The phrase joins two tests — democratic (elected, inclusive, accountable bodies) and decentralisation (real authority). My view: PRIs have strengthened the process decisively on the first test…

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