Question

The committee related with Rural Government ____
A.Balwant Rai Mehta Commission
B.Ashok Mehta Committee
C.National Extension Services
D.All of the above

Answer 1

Hint: The Balwant Rai Mehta Committee was appointed by the Indian government in January 1957. In December 1977, another committee was formed under the chairmanship of Ashok Mehta by the Janata Dal. The National Extension Service programme was devised in April 1953. It was inaugurated after a year of 55 community projects on October 2, 1953.

Complete answer:
In 1957, the Balwant Rai Mehta Committee, appointed by the Indian government, was responsible to look into the Community Development Programme (2 October 1952) and the National Extension Service (2 October 1953). It was also required to suggest measures for their better working.
Under the Balwantrai Mehta, it recommended ‘democratic decentralization’ which later came to be known as the Panchayti Raj.
After its appointment in 1977, the Ashok Mehta Committee submitted its report in which it made 132 recommendations to revive and strengthen the declining Panchayati Raj system in the country. It recommended the official participation of political parties at all levels of Panchayat elections, a regular social audit by a district level agency and a committee of legislators to check whether the funds allotted for the vulnerable social and economic groups were, in fact, spent on them etc. with regard to three tier panchayat system.
The National Extension Services Programmer was launched in 1953 to possess wider coverage at less cost and propagate participation of more people. Each NES block had approximately 100 villages and 65 thousand population officers (BDO) along with many extension officers (EDs).

Hence, the correct answer is option (D).

Note:To support the Panchayati Raj systems, the government needed to make use of scarce resources. Therefore, it launched many community development programs like NES in order to ensure optimum implementation of these policies.