SSC CHSL 2025 PYQ — Question 78

In 1957, the Government of India constituted the Balwant Rai Mehta Committee to review the Community Development Programme. The committee recommended a three-tier Panchayati Raj system to strengthen rural administration. Accordingly, three tiers were proposed: the Gram Panchayat, the Panchayat Samiti, and the Zila Parishad. The committee emphasized decentralization and public participation. Based on its recommendations, the Panchayati Raj system was launched in Nagaur, Rajasthan, on October 2, 1959. Later, it was accorded constitutional status through the 73rd Constitutional Amendment (1992).