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Committees, the 73rd, 74th and 97th Amendments, PESA and urban bodies — one sentence each

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  • Guru Ram Each coloured word = one name in the list, shown below in the same colour
  • Panda Two colours in one word = two names
  • ➜ Order the numbered order matters · ⇄ Any order no order
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Beginnings and Committees

The British-era start, the seven committees after independence in order of year, and what each one is known for.

Pairs

The British-era start

2 sentences

Mayo costs money.

Lord Mayo=1870 — Resolution on financial decentralisation; local bodies get a role in administration

Riya’s father

Lord Ripon=1882 — Resolution on local self-government; Father of Local Self-Government in India

Article 40 (a Directive Principle) — the State shall organise village panchayats · Gandhiji saw the village panchayat as the building block of a free India.

Trick 1

Seven Panchayati Raj committees

➜ oldest to newest (1957 → 1988)

Bablu said Ashok rarely sings that ghazal.

  1. 1Balwant Rai Mehta1957
  2. 2K. Santhanam1963
  3. 3Ashok Mehta1977–78
  4. 4G.V.K. Rao1985
  5. 5L.M. Singhvi1986
  6. 6P.K. Thungon1988
  7. 7V.N. Gadgil1988

Thungon and Gadgil are both 1988 · 1957 gave three tiers, 1977 two — both years end in 7.

Pairs

What each committee is known for

8 sentences

Bablu’s three-storey house

Balwant Rai Mehta Committee=1957 — three-tier Panchayati Raj, “democratic decentralisation” · Collector to chair the Zila Parishad · accepted by the NDC, January 1958 · first state Rajasthan (Nagaur, 2 October 1959)

Santa counts only money.

K. Santhanam Committee=1963 — PRI finances only · proposed a Panchayati Raj Finance Corporation

Ashok rides a two-wheeler.

Ashok Mehta Committee=1977–78 — two tiers: Zila Parishad + Mandal Panchayat · Janata Government (Morarji Desai)

Rain washed away the grass.

G.V.K. Rao Committee=1985 — called PRIs “grass without roots” · district as the main unit of planning

Singers fill the Sabha.

L.M. Singhvi Committee=1986 — constitutional recognition · Gram Sabha “the embodiment of direct democracy” · Nyaya Panchayats

Thumbprint for a Collector

P.K. Thungon Committee=1988 — constitutional recognition · Collector as CEO of the Zila Parishad

Gadget with a five-year warranty

V.N. Gadgil Committee=1988 — constitutional status, 5-year term, direct elections, reservation for SCs, STs and women

Bhutta for a few paise

Bhuria Committee=Its report led to PESA (Scheduled Areas) — 24 December 1996

Road to the Constitution — the 64th Amendment Bill (Rajiv Gandhi, July 1989) was defeated in the Rajya Sabha · V.P. Singh’s bill (September 1990) lapsed when the government fell · P.V. Narasimha Rao’s bill (September 1991) — Lok Sabha 22 December, Rajya Sabha 23 December 1992, ratified by 17 State Assemblies.

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Three Amendments and Part IX Articles

Panchayats, municipalities and co-operatives — amendment, Part and Schedule; four key articles of Part IX.

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Exempt States and PESA

The states Part IX does not cover, the PESA states, and the special powers of a PESA Gram Sabha.

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Urban Bodies and Co-operatives

The elected share in the planning committees, Wards Committees, the Notified Area Committee and the co-operative board.

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