Which of the following are the Standing Committees of the Zila Panchayat in Madhya Pradesh? 1. General Administration Committee 2. Agriculture Committee 3. Education Committee Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
- (a)Only 1 and 2 are correct
- (b)Only 1 and 3 are correct
- (c)Only 2 and 3 are correct
- (d)1, 2 and 3 are correct
Correct — D, 1, 2 and 3 are all correct. Under the M.P. Panchayat Raj Avam Gram Swaraj Adhiniyam, 1993 and the M.P. Janpad Panchayat and Zila Panchayat Standing Committees Rules, 1994, a Zila Panchayat constitutes five Standing Committees: General Administration, Agriculture, Education, Communication & Works, and Co-operation & Industries. All three named in the question — General Administration, Agriculture and Education — are genuine Zila Panchayat standing committees, so the 'all three correct' option is right.
- (a)Only 1 and 2 are correct — Wrongly excludes the Education Committee, which is also a genuine Zila Panchayat standing committee.
- (b)Only 1 and 3 are correct — Wrongly excludes the Agriculture Committee, which is also a genuine Zila Panchayat standing committee.
- (c)Only 2 and 3 are correct — Wrongly excludes the General Administration Committee, which is also a genuine Zila Panchayat standing committee.
Madhya Pradesh's three-tier Panchayati Raj system (Gram Panchayat, Janpad Panchayat, Zila Panchayat) gives both the Janpad and Zila Panchayats a set of Standing Committees — smaller subject-wise bodies that handle detailed work between full meetings of the elected body. At the Zila Panchayat level, the 1994 Rules constitute five such committees, covering general administration/finance, agriculture-linked rural development, education, public works, and cooperatives/industries.
MPPSC likes 'select the correct combination' questions on Panchayati Raj committee names because the wrong options each drop just one genuine committee — testing whether the candidate actually knows the full list rather than half-remembering two of the five.
- Zila Panchayat has 5 Standing Committees: General Administration, Agriculture, Education, Communication & Works, and Co-operation & Industries
- Governed by the M.P. Janpad Panchayat and Zila Panchayat Standing Committees Rules, 1994
- Each Standing Committee has up to 10 members, the exact number fixed by the Panchayat's own resolution
- The General Administration Committee additionally handles the Zila Panchayat's budget, accounts and taxation matters not assigned to any other committee
All three committees named in the question — General Administration, Agriculture and Education — are genuine; two more (Communication & Works; Co-operation & Industries) complete the full set of five.
- Assuming only 2 of the 3 named committees can be genuine — all 3 are real; the trap is doubting a correct 'all of the above'-type option
- Forgetting that 2 more Standing Committees (Communication & Works; Co-operation & Industries) exist beyond the three named here
MPPSC frequently tests the exact list of Madhya Pradesh's Panchayati Raj standing committees at the Janpad/Zila level — memorise all 5 rather than assuming only 3 exist.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The three-tier structure of Panchayati Raj (Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti, Zila Parishad) was first recommended by which committee?
- (a)Balwant Rai Mehta Committee (1957)
- (b)Ashok Mehta Committee (1978)
- (c)L. M. Singhvi Committee (1986)
- (d)G. V. K. Rao Committee (1985)
Answer(a) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee (1957).
- practice — not a real PYQ
In Madhya Pradesh, the Zila Panchayat is headed by an elected:
- (a)Collector
- (b)President
- (c)Chief Executive Officer
- (d)Divisional Commissioner
Answer(b) President — elected from among the Zila Panchayat's own members, distinct from the government-appointed Chief Executive Officer who heads its administration.