Panchayati Raj Kerala PSC Questions - Indian Constitution

1. Father of Panchayati Raj in India - Balwant Rai Mehta
2. Father of Local Self Government Institutions in India - Lord Ripon
3. Panchayati Raj Act came into force on 24th April 1993
4. National Panchayati Raj Day is observed on April 24
5. The article or the Indian Constitution mandates for the establishment of Panchayati Raj Institutions in India Article 40 (Part IV )
6. The first state to establish Panchayati Raj in India - Rajasthan 
7. it was inaugurated by Jawahar Lal Nehru on r' October 1959, in Nagaur district 
8. Kerala Panchayati Raj Act came into force on - 23rd April 1994 
9. The first attempt to constitutionalise the Panchayati Raj Institutions was made by Rajiv Gandhi (1989) 
10. Panchayati Raj was constitutionalised during the term of Narasimha Rao Government 
11. Gram sabha is the foundation of Panchayati Raj system 
12. It is a body consisting of persons registered in the electoral rolls of a village 
13. Article 243 A deals with Grama Sabha. 
14. The Quorum for a meeting of Grama Sabha -1/10 of total members
15. Kerala Municipality Act came into force on - 30th May 1994 
16. The second state in India and the first state in South India to introduce Panchayati Raj Andhra Pradesh (1959) 
17. The committee appointed by the Janatha Government known as "Committee on Panchayati Raj Institutions" Ashok Mehta Committee (1977) 
18. The malayalee member of Ashok Mehta Committee EMS
19. The committee which suggested the constitutionalisation of Panchayati Raj Institutions Singhvi committee 
20. Panchayati Raj Act does not  apply to the states of Jammu di Kashmir, Nagaland, Meghalaya and Mizoram. 
21. Singhvi Committee was appointed by the prime minister Rajiv Gandhi 
22. Singhvi committee called the `Grama Sabha' as the embodiment of direct democracy. 

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