53rd to 55th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2011
Name the Committee which was set up by the NDC in 1957 for the reorganization of CDP and NES, which suggested a three-tier system of rural local government-
aBalwant Rai Mehta Committee✓ Correct
bAshok Mehta Committee
cMaharashtra Committee on Democratic Decentralisation
dRural-Urban Relationship Committee
Explanation
For the reorganization of the Community Development Programme (CDP) launched in 1952 and the National Extension Service (NES) launched in 1953, the National Development Council constituted a committee under the chairmanship of Balwant Rai Mehta in 1957. This committee recommended a three-tier Panchayat system (decentralization system) in rural areas—district level, block level and village level.
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