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.