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 answe

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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:

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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.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Wrongly excludes the Education Committee, which is also a genuine Zila Panchayat standing committee.  (b) Wrongly excludes the Agriculture Committee, which is also a genuine Zila Panchayat standing committee.  (c) Wrongly excludes the General Administration Committee, which is also a genuine Zila Panchayat standing committee.

Concept: 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.

State PCS 2021 Q80 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2021 Q80 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer