Which of the following records is NOT maintained by the Panchayats in Uttarakhand?
- (a)Health register
- (b)Family register
- (c)Birth-death registration register
- (d)Grant register
Correct — A, Health register.
The other three are books the Panchayat itself keeps; the family register is the one it also issues extracts from.
The health register is different: a village's health data — immunisation, antenatal care and the like — is compiled by the health department's field staff, the ANM at the sub-centre and the ASHA.
Health and sanitation is a subject the Constitution lists for Panchayats, which makes a matching register sound plausible. Carry away the distinction instead: a Panchayat's subject list and its register list are two different lists.
- (b)Family register — The Panchayat maintains this one. The family register records the households of the village and their members, and a resident who needs a certified extract (nakal) of it goes to the Gram Panchayat for it.
It is the right answer to "which Panchayat record shows a household's composition" — so it belongs on the maintained side of this question.
- (c)Birth-death registration register — Registration of births and deaths runs under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, under which states appoint registrars for each local area. In rural Uttarakhand that registration point sits at the Gram Panchayat, so the register sits with it too.
It is the right answer to "where a village birth or death first enters the official record".
- (d)Grant register — Money reaches a Gram Panchayat as Finance Commission grants (grants-in-aid to rural local bodies) and state scheme funds, and the Panchayat has to account for what it received and what it spent.
The grant register is part of that account-keeping, so it is the right answer to "which Panchayat book tracks funds received", not to a question about what the Panchayat does not keep.
Every register kept in a village belongs to some office, and which office is fixed by the law or the scheme that created the register.
A Gram Panchayat's books are the ones its own statute and accounting rules require it to keep. Records generated by another department's staff — the revenue administration's land records, the health system's service data — stay with that department even though they describe the same village.
One reading note: the stem says "the Panchayats in Uttarakhand", wording wide enough to cover the Kshetra and Zila tiers, but the four records listed are village-level books, so this card reads it as the Gram Panchayat.
Uttarakhand's rural administration places several documents people need in ordinary life inside Panchayat books: proof of who lives in a household, and the registration of a birth or a death.
Knowing which office holds which book answers both an exam item and a citizen's practical question about where to go. It is also the line between a Panchayat's subject-matter role and its record-keeping duty.
- The family register (parivar register) is a Gram Panchayat record in Uttarakhand; residents obtain a certified extract of it through the Panchayat.
- Registration of births and deaths is governed by the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, under which states appoint registrars for local areas.
- In rural Uttarakhand, a birth or death is registered at the Gram Panchayat level.
- Gram Panchayats receive Finance Commission grants (grants-in-aid to rural local bodies) and state scheme funds, and account for their receipt and use in their books.
- Village health data is compiled by the health department's field staff — the ANM posted at the sub-centre and the ASHA.
- "Health and sanitation, including hospitals, primary health centres and dispensaries" is a subject listed in the Eleventh Schedule, read with Article 243G.
- Van Panchayats are a separate Uttarakhand institution managing village forest area, distinct from the Gram Panchayat of the Panchayati Raj system.
Three of the four options are books the Panchayat itself keeps; the health register is compiled by the health department's village staff — hence option (a).
- Reasoning from the Panchayat's subject list to its register list: health and sanitation is a devolved subject, yet the village's health data is written up by health-department staff.
- Reading the stem as "which of these is not a real record" instead of "which is not kept by the Panchayat" — each option names a plausible record; the test is custody, not existence.
- Treating the birth-death register as a health record because births and deaths are health events; its custody follows the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, not the health department.
- Sliding between Gram Panchayat and Van Panchayat: both are Uttarakhand "panchayats", but the Van Panchayat's records concern its forest area, not the village's vital statistics.
The idea arrives as an odd-one-out over a list of record names, where three belong to one office and the fourth to another.
The same discrimination can be put in reverse — "which of these does the Gram Panchayat maintain" — or as a match-the-record-to-its-custodian item pairing family register, khatauni and health data with Panchayat, revenue administration and health department.
UKPSC_2012_MAINS_PaperV_Q362012Same institution — Uttarakhand's town and village panchayats — approached from a different angle. That item asks about representation and women's participation in these bodies; this one asks what paperwork the same body is required to hold. Together they cover a Panchayat as a political body and as an office of record.
UKPSC_2012_MAINS_PaperIII_Q332012Both are Uttarakhand "panchayat" questions, but not about the same body. That item is on Van Panchayats, the forest-managing councils and their composition; this one is on the Gram Panchayat of the Panchayati Raj system and its registers. The shared word hides two distinct institutions with distinct records.
NDA_GAT_2020_I_II_Q1032020Same broad theme of official Indian record-keeping, different record and different office. That item asks how land revenue records classify land use — records held by the revenue administration; this one asks which registers the Gram Panchayat holds. Useful as a contrast in custody, not as a repeat of content.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Which of the following is issued from a record maintained by the Gram Panchayat in Uttarakhand?
- (a)Family register nakal
- (b)Khatauni
- (c)Ration card
- (d)Voter identity card
Answera — the family register is a Gram Panchayat book, and residents obtain a certified extract (nakal) of it through the Panchayat.Khatauni comes from the land records of the revenue administration. A ration card is issued by the food and civil supplies department. A voter identity card is issued under the Election Commission's electoral roll machinery, not from Panchayat records.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The registration of births and deaths in India is carried out under which of the following?
- (a)Registration Act, 1908
- (b)Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969
- (c)Census Act, 1948
- (d)Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016
Answerb — the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 is the statute that provides for registrars and the registration of these events.The Registration Act, 1908 deals with the registration of documents such as deeds. The Census Act, 1948 governs the decennial census, a periodic enumeration rather than continuous registration. The Aadhaar Act, 2016 governs the unique identity number.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Which of the following records is maintained by the revenue administration rather than by the Gram Panchayat?
- (a)Family register
- (b)Khatauni (record of rights)
- (c)Birth-death registration register
- (d)Grant register
Answerb — the khatauni is a land record of rights kept by the revenue administration.The family register and the grant register are Panchayat books, and a village birth or death is registered at the Gram Panchayat under the 1969 Act, so all three of those sit with the Panchayat.
- practice — not a real PYQ
"Health and sanitation, including hospitals, primary health centres and dispensaries" is listed as a subject for Panchayats in which Schedule of the Constitution of India?
- (a)Ninth Schedule
- (b)Tenth Schedule
- (c)Eleventh Schedule
- (d)Twelfth Schedule
Answerc — the Eleventh Schedule, read with Article 243G, lists the subjects a state may devolve on Panchayats, and this entry appears there in these words.The Ninth Schedule holds laws placed beyond certain challenges. The Tenth Schedule contains the anti-defection provisions. The Twelfth Schedule, read with Article 243W, is the municipal list.