{"id":2246,"date":"2024-04-26T04:02:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T22:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2246"},"modified":"2024-04-26T04:02:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T22:32:01","slug":"q-consider-the-following-statements-114","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-consider-the-following-statements-114","title":{"rendered":"Q. Consider the following statements:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. The minimum age prescribed for any person to be a member of Panchayat is\u00a025 years<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. A Panchayat reconstituted after premature dissolution continues only for the remainder period.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Which of the statements given above is\/are correct?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • 1 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Both 1 and 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Neither 1 nor 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      Answer:<\/strong> (b) 2 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

      Panchayat Raj System<\/strong>::<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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      • Panchayati Raj Institution (PRI) is a system of\u00a0rural local self-government<\/strong>\u00a0in India.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Part IX<\/strong>\u00a0of the Constitution deals with Panchayat Raj System in India.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Panchayati Raj was constitutionalized through the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1992.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • All the seats in panchayat are filled by\u00a0direct election.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The chairperson of each panchayat is\u00a0elected<\/strong>\u00a0according to the law passed by the state.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Every panchayat can continue for a term of\u00a0five years\u00a0<\/strong>from the date of its first meeting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • It\u00a0can be dissolved earlier\u00a0<\/strong>in accordance with state law.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • A panchayat reconstituted after premature dissolution continues only for the remainder of the period. But if the remainder of the period is less than 6 months it is not necessary to hold elections.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • All the persons above 21 years of age and qualified to be a member of the state legislature are qualified as a member of panchayat.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • A state can authorize a panchayat to levy, collect, and appropriate taxes, duties, tolls, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Finance Commission is constituted for every 5 years to review the financial position of panchayats and make recommendations<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The state election commissioner is appointed by the Governor for superintendence, direction, and control of elections to panchayats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
        Salient Features of the Constitution 73rd<\/sup> and 74th<\/sup> Amendments?<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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        • These amendments\u00a0added two new parts to the Constitution,<\/strong>\u00a0namely, added\u00a0Part IX titled \u201cThe Panchayats\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0(added by 73rd<\/sup>\u00a0Amendment) and\u00a0Part IXA titled \u201cThe Municipalities\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0(added by 74th<\/sup>\u00a0Amendment).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Basic units of democratic system-Gram Sabhas (villages) and Ward Committees (Municipalities)<\/strong>\u00a0comprising all the adult members registered as voters.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Three-tier system<\/strong>\u00a0of panchayats at village, intermediate block\/taluk\/mandal and district levels except in States with population is below 20 lakhs (Article 243B).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Seats at all levels to be filled by\u00a0direct elections<\/strong>\u00a0(Article 243C (2)<\/strong>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Seats reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) and the chairpersons of the Panchayats at all levels also shall be reserved for SCs and STs in proportion to their population.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • One-third of the total number of seats to be reserved for women.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • One third of the seats reserved for SCs and STs also reserved for women.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • One-third offices of chairpersons at all levels reserved for women\u00a0(Article 243D)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Uniform five year term<\/strong>\u00a0and elections to constitute new bodies to be completed before the expiry of the term.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • In the event of dissolution, elections compulsorily within six months (Article 243E).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Independent Election Commission in each State<\/strong>\u00a0for superintendence, direction and control of the electoral rolls (Article 243K).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Panchayats to prepare plans for economic development<\/strong>\u00a0and social justice in respect of subjects as devolved by law to the various levels of Panchayats including the subjects as illustrated in Eleventh Schedule (Article 243G).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 74th Amendment provides for a\u00a0District Planning Committee<\/strong>\u00a0to consolidate the plans prepared by Panchayats and Municipalities (Article 243ZD).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Budgetary allocation from State Governments, share of revenue of certain taxes, collection and retention of the revenue it raises, Central Government programmes and grants, Union Finance Commission grants (Article 243H).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Establish a\u00a0Finance Commission in each State<\/strong>\u00a0to determine the principles on the basis of which adequate financial resources would be ensured for panchayats and municipalities (Article 243I).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • The Eleventh Scheduled of the Constitution places as many as 29 functions within the purview of the Panchayati Raj bodies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Which of the statements given above is\/are correct? Answer: (b) 2 only Panchayat Raj System:: Salient Features of the Constitution 73rd and 74th Amendments?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[39],"years":[57],"class_list":["post-2246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-indian-polity","years-57"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":39,"label":"Indian Polity"}],"years":[{"value":57,"label":"2016"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":39,"name":"Indian Polity","slug":"indian-polity","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":39,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":188,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2246"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}