Q. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
a) G.V.K. Rao Committee – Planning at the Block Level
b) Dantwala Committee – Rural Credit
c) Santhanam Committee – Panchayati Raj Finances
d) Ashok Mehta Committee – Panchayati Raj Institutions
Question from UPPSC Prelims 2024
Correct Answer: a) G.V.K. Rao Committee – Planning at the Block Level
Explanation:
The G.V.K. Rao Committee (1985) recommended making the “district” as the basic unit of planning and also holding regular elections.
The Dantwala Committee is primarily related to block-level planning and rural credit. It recommended that block-level planning should be the cornerstone of rural development in India. It also recommended the establishment of Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) to provide credit to the rural poor.
The Ashok Mehta Committee was a committee appointed by the Janata government in 1977 to study and strengthen the Panchayati Raj system in India
