In which year was Madhya Pradesh Zila Yojana Samiti Adhiniyam passed?
- (a)1997
- (b)1995
- (c)1993
- (d)1991
Correct — B, 1995. The Madhya Pradesh Zila Yojana Samiti Adhiniyam was passed in 1995 (it received the Governor's assent on 19 May 1995). The Act constitutes a District Planning Committee (Zila Yojana Samiti) in each district to consolidate the plans of the panchayats and municipalities into a single district development plan — giving effect to Article 243ZD, which the 74th Constitutional Amendment (1992) had inserted for exactly this purpose.
- (a)1997 — Two years too late — the Adhiniyam is a 1995 Act (assent on 19 May 1995), and its very title carries the year 1995.
- (c)1993 — This is when the 73rd/74th Constitutional Amendments came into force, but MP's District Planning Committee Act itself was passed in 1995.
- (d)1991 — Predates the 74th Amendment (1992) that first mandated District Planning Committees, so the enabling MP Act could not have been passed in 1991.
District Planning Committees (DPCs) are constitutional bodies under Article 243ZD, inserted by the 74th Amendment (1992). Each district's DPC consolidates the development plans prepared by the rural panchayats and urban municipalities into one draft district development plan. States enacted their own laws to set these up; Madhya Pradesh did so through the Zila Yojana Samiti Adhiniyam, 1995. Four-fifths of a DPC's members are elected from among the elected members of the Zila Panchayat and the municipalities.
Anchor the year to the constitutional timeline — the 74th Amendment (1992) created Article 243ZD, and MP legislated its DPCs shortly after, in 1995. Rule out 1991 at once (it is before the amendment) and remember that 1993 is the amendments' commencement, not the MP Act.
- Article 243ZD (74th Amendment, 1992) provides for a District Planning Committee in every district.
- MP's Zila Yojana Samiti Adhiniyam was passed in 1995 (Governor's assent, 19 May 1995).
- The DPC consolidates panchayat and municipality plans into a single district development plan.
- Four-fifths of DPC members are elected by and from the elected members of the Zila Panchayat and municipalities.
The MP Act followed the 74th Amendment — it was passed in 1995, which is the answer.
- Dating the MP Act before the 74th Amendment (1992)
- Confusing the District Planning Committee (243ZD) with the Metropolitan Planning Committee (243ZE)
MPPSC asks the year and features of state Acts like the Zila Yojana Samiti Adhiniyam; UPSC asks the constitutional basis and functions of District / Metropolitan Planning Committees.
Which of the following can be said to be essentially the parts of Inclusive Governance? 1. Permitting the Non-Banking Financial Companies to do banking 2. Establishing effective District Planning Committees in all the districts 3. Increasing the government spending on public health 4. Strengthening the Mid-day Meal Scheme
- (a) 1 and 2 only
- (b) 3 and 4 only
- (c) 2, 3 and 4 only
- (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Answer(c) 2, 3 and 4 only
Same concept — UPSC treated effective District Planning Committees as a governance measure; the MP 1995 Act is the very law that constitutes those DPCs.
Consider the following statements: In India, a Metropolitan Planning Committee 1. Is constituted under the provisions of the Constitution of India. 2. Prepares the draft development plans for metropolitan area. 3. Has the sole responsibility for implementing Government-sponsored schemes in the metropolitan area. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- (a) 1 and 2 only
- (b) 2 only
- (c) 1 and 3 only
- (d) 1, 2 and 3
Answer(a) 1 and 2 only
The metropolitan counterpart — the Metropolitan Planning Committee (Art 243ZE) is a constitutional planning body created by the same 74th Amendment that mandated the District Planning Committees this MP Act sets up.
- practice — not a real PYQ
District Planning Committees are provided for under which Article of the Constitution?
- (a)243ZA
- (b)243ZD
- (c)243ZE
- (d)243I
Answer(b) Article 243ZD.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The main function of a District Planning Committee is to:
- (a)conduct panchayat elections
- (b)consolidate the plans of panchayats and municipalities into a district development plan
- (c)audit district government accounts
- (d)appoint district collectors
Answer(b) consolidate panchayat and municipality plans into a district development plan.