Q. The Panchayati Raj system was adopted to
Solution:
- The Panchayati Raj System relates to the local self-government in India.
- It was adopted to decentralize the power of democracy.
- Democratic decentralization means that governmental power is divided at the local levels rather than concentrated in one place.
- In India, the Panchayati Raj generally refers to the system introduced by the constitutional amendment in 1992, although it is based upon the traditional panchayat system of South Asia.
- The modern Panchayati Raj and its Gram Panchayats are not to be confused with the extra-constitutional Khap Panchayats (or Caste Panchayats) found in northern India.
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