2023 · Q79
Which of the following statements regarding the District Planning Committee and Metropolitan Planning Committee is/are correct?
- 1In case of the District Planning Committee, at least 4/5th of the members shall be elected by the elected members of the district level Panchayat and of the Municipalities in the district from amongst themselves. Their proportion would be in accordance with the ratio of urban to rural population of the district.
- 2In case of the Metropolitan Planning Committee, at least 2/3rd of the members of the committee shall be elected by the elected members of the Municipalities and the Chairpersons of the Panchayats in the Metropolitan area from amongst themselves. The proportion of the seats to be Panchayats in the area. shared by them would be based on the ratio of the population of the Municipalities and of the
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Indian Polity, Governance and ConstitutionFederalism and local governance
- A1 only
- B2 only
- CBoth 1 and 2
- DNeither 1 nor 2
Explanation
Under Article 243ZD, at least 4/5th of a District Planning Committee's members are elected by the elected members of the district panchayat and the municipalities, in proportion to the urban-rural population (statement 1). Under Article 243ZE, at least 2/3rd of a Metropolitan Planning Committee's members are elected by municipal members and panchayat chairpersons, with seats shared by population ratio (statement 2). Hence both, option C.