Panchayati Raj (Notes)

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1. Panchayati Raj

   • Panchayati Raj is the system of local self government for villages, entrusted with rural development, to build democracy at the grass root level
   • constitutionalized through the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1992 in all the states of India by the Acts of the state legislatures.

2. Evolution of Panchayati Raj

   1. Local Government in Pre-Independent India
   2. Balwant Rai Mehta Committee (1957)
   3. Other Study Teams and Committees (1960-1976)
   4. Ashok Mehta Committee (1977)
   5. G V K Rao Committee (1985)
   6. L M Singhvi Committee (1986)
   7. Constitutionalisation of Panchayati Raj

3. PESA Act of 1996 (Extension Act)

   To extend the provisions of Part IX of the Constitution relating to the panchayats to the scheduled areas with certain modifications.