जिला योजना समिति के परिकल्पना अर्थी हर पर विकेंद्र को सक्षम बनाते के लिए प्रमुख साधन के रूप में की गई थी। यह इस लक्ष्य को प्राप्त करने में कितनी सफल रही है? जिला योजना समितियों द्वारा सामना की जाने वाली चुनौतियों के चर्चा कीजिए तथा उन्हें अधिक प्रभावी बनाने के उपाय सुझाइए। (उत्तर 250 शब्दों में दीजिए) The District Planning Committee (DPC) was envisioned as a key instrument to strengthen grassroots-level planning. How far has it succeeded in achieving this goal? Discuss the challenges faced by DPCs and suggest measures to make them more effective. (Answer in 250 words)

The District Planning Committee came about as a mechanism to ensure tailoring solutions met developmental needs of an area.

DPC for grassroots level planning:

Assessment of DPCs in addressing needs:

[Positive Impacts]

1. Involvement of local bodies – makes body representative.

2. marks development planning democratic.

3. Followed bottom-up approach, opposed to top-down approach.

4. synergistic relation between administration (on ground) and political executive.

5. coordination with Think Tanks and NITI Aayog.

6. Focus on physical and social infrastructure.

7. mapping out of universalization (tribal women populations to meet needs)

However, it faces the following challenge in working:

1. Discontentment in Administration.

2. Patronising elected heads of local

bodies by appointed executive.

3. Lack of proper training to officials.

4. Often overlooks stakeholder consultation.

7. Political pressures to fulfil certain vested interest. eg: mining it.

8. Complex governance valleying eg: rapid industrialization.

9. fast paced demographic change-policy irrelevance.

Measures for effectiveness:

Thus DPCs can cause upswing and accelerate development at the grassroots level.