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Under whose Prime Ministership was the Constitution (72nd Amendment) Bill introduced in 1991 to establish a comprehensive amendment for Panchayati Raj Institutions?

ARajiv Gandhi

BV.P. Singh

CP.V. Narasimha Rao

DChandra Shekhar

Answer:

C. P.V. Narasimha Rao

Read Explanation:

This Bill represented a significant step toward comprehensive reforms to strengthen PRIs.


Related Questions:

Consider the following statements:

  1. In an urban area where municipal services are being provided by an industrial establishment, it is still mandatory to constitute a Municipality under the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act.

  2. It is obligatory to constitute Ward Committees for one or more wards within the territorial area of a Municipality having a population of 3 lakhs or more.

Which of the statements given above is / are correct?

Which committee was focused on Centre-State relations but also contributed indirectly to the discourse on strengthening panchayats?
പഞ്ചായത്തിരാജ് ന്റെ പിതാവ് എന്നറിയപ്പെടുന്നത്?

Consider the following statements with respect to the 73rd Constitutional Amendment:

  1. For 27% reservation to the Other Backward Classes.

  2. That the chairperson of the panchayat at intermediate/district level shall be elected by, and from amongst the elected members thereof.

  3. For reservation for SCs/STs.

  4. For uniform five-year term for local bodies.

Which of these is/are correct?

The Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution relating to the Panchayats contains: