2015 · Q61
Which of the following reasons were cited by the Ashok Mehta Committee for the decline of the Panchayati Raj Institutions in India?
- 1Role of Bureaucracy
- 2Lack of Political Will
- 3Lack of conceptual clarity
- 4Lack of gender parity.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
indian-polity-economylocal-governance
- A1 and 4
- B2 and 3
- C1, 2 and 3
- D2, 3 and 4
Explanation
The Ashok Mehta Committee (1977) attributed the decline of Panchayati Raj Institutions to the dominant role of the bureaucracy (1), lack of political will (2), and lack of conceptual clarity about the institutions' role (3). Lack of gender parity was a later concern, not one cited by this committee. Hence reasons 1, 2 and 3 were cited.