CSE · GS-2Official PYQ · CSE 2015 · Q3Polity · Federal Structure · 12.5 marks · 200 words

English

In absence of a well-educated and organized local level government system, ‘Panchayats’ and ‘Samitis’ have remained mainly political institutions and not effective instruments of governance. Critically discuss.

हिन्दी

सुशिक्षित और व्यवस्थित स्थानीय स्तर शासन-व्यवस्था की अनुपस्थिति में ‘पंचायतें’ और ‘समितियाँ’ मुख्यतः राजनीतिक संस्थाएँ बनी रही हैं न कि शासन के प्रभावी उपकरण। समालोचनापूर्वक चर्चा कीजिये।

#Panchayats & Local Bodies #Panchayati Raj

Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. No UPSC scan of this paper found. English settled question by question by majority of three copies (Unacademy/Anantam compilation, Drishti IAS’s bilingual retype, ForumIAS); Hindi transcribed from Drishti’s copy, https://www.drishtiias.com/hindi/images/pdf/GS-2-2015.pdf.

Syllabus

Polity · Federal Structure

Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States, issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure, devolution of powers and finances up to local levels and challenges therein.

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In absence of a well-educated and organized local level government system, ‘Panchayats’ and ‘Samitis’ have remained mainly political institutions and not effective instruments of governance. Critically discuss.

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