Correct Answer - Option 3 : Only C
The Correct answer is Only C.
- Our Constitution provides a clear mandate for democratic Decentralisation not only through the Directive Principles of State Policy which exhorts the State to promote Panchayati Raj Institutions but more specifically now through the 73rd and 74th Amendments of the Constitution which seek to create an institutional framework for ushering in grassroots democracy through the medium of genuinely self-governing local bodies in both urban and rural areas of the country.
- Thus, the Constitution through the 73rd Amendment Act, 1992 aims to provide for :
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Gram Sabha in a village or group of villages;
- Constitution of Panchayats at the village and other level or levels;
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Reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in proportion to their population for membership of Panchayats and office of Chairpersons in Panchayats at each level;
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Reservation of not less than one-third of the seats for women.
- Hence option C is correct.
- fixing tenure of 5 years for Panchayats and holding elections within a period of 6 months in the event of supersession of any Panchayat.
- Devolution by the State Legislature of powers and responsibilities upon the Panchayats with respect to the preparation of plans for economic developments and social justice and for the implementation of development schemes.
- Hence option B is not correct.
- sound finance of the Panchayats by securing authorization from State Legislatures for grants-in-aid to the Panchayats from the Consolidated Fund of the State, as also an assignment to, or appropriation by, the Panchayats of the revenues of designated taxes, duties, tolls and fees.
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Political accountability of state executive is not a novel feature introduced through the insertion of Part IX but was already been ensured through various mechanisms since the adoption of the Constitution e.g. removal of Chief Minister, the state council of ministers, appointment and removal of Governor, etc.
- Hence option A is not correct
