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The correct answer is 1688.

Key Points

• The first Municipal Corporation in India was established in Madras (now Chennai) in 1688.
• It was formed under the British East India Company's charter granted by King James II.
• This marked the beginning of organized municipal governance in India.
• Later, municipal corporations were established in Bombay (now Mumbai) and Calcutta (now Kolkata) in 1726.
• The Madras Municipal Corporation, also known as the Corporation of Chennai, is the oldest municipal body in India.

Additional Information

• Municipal Corporation:
  • A municipal corporation is a local governing body responsible for urban administration in cities with a large population.
  • Its primary functions include urban planning, public health, sanitation, water supply, waste management, and infrastructure development.
• Charter Act of 1687:
  • The establishment of the Madras Municipal Corporation was part of the East India Company's efforts to introduce self-governance in colonial territories.
  • The act allowed the creation of a mayoral council to oversee civic administration.
• Evolution of Municipal Governance in India:
  • Municipal governance in India evolved significantly during British rule with the introduction of the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act in 1992.
  • This amendment provided constitutional status to urban local bodies and empowered them to function as self-governing institutions.
• Current Status:
  • Today, India has over 120 municipal corporations managing urban governance in various cities and towns.
  • The Chennai Municipal Corporation continues to play a vital role in urban governance and development.

The correct answer is Section 101.

Key Points

• Section 101 Provision -
• Internal revenues of Municipality - 
• The internal revenues of the Municipality shall consist of its receipts from the following sources, namely: 
  • (a) Taxes levied by the Municipality, 
  • (b) User charges levied by the Municipality for the provision of civic services, and 
  • (c) Fees and fines levied for the performance of regulatory and other statutory functions.

Additional Information

• ​Section 102 Provision -
• Obligatory taxes -
  • Subject to the provisions of Section 4, 
  • Every Municipality may shall, levy, at such rate and from such date 
  • The State Government in each case direct by notification in the Official Gazette.
  • Such manner as is laid down in this Act on this behalf, the following taxes-
    • Tax on lands and buildings
    • Tax on professions, trades, callings, and employment.
    • The toll on roads, bridges, and ferries.
    • A tax for pollution control from the trade and industries.​
• Section 103 Provision -
  • Other taxes may be imposed.​
• Section 104 Provision -
  • Power to levy user charges.​

The correct answer is Section 68.

Key Points

• Section 68 Provision -
• All property not specifically reserved by the State Government
  • All public lands,
  • All public markets, slaughterhouses, etc.
  • All such property that has not been reserved by the State Government by a special act shall vest in the municipality.
  • It shall be competent from time to time, by notification in the Official Gazette, to reclaim any Government land vested in the Municipal Corporation.​

Additional Information

• ​Section 69 Provision -
  • Acquisition of property by the municipality by agreement, exchange, lease, grant, etc.
• Section 70 -
  • Compulsory Acquisition of Land.​
• Section 69 -
  • Allotment, exchange, etc. of certain lands.​

The correct answer is 10 lakh.Key Points

• Municipal Corporations are the governing bodies responsible for the development and administration of urban areas in India.
• The population of a Metropolitan City with more than 10 lakh inhabitants is managed by a Municipal Corporation.
• The Municipal Corporation is responsible for providing basic amenities such as water supply, sanitation, and maintenance of roads and infrastructure.
• The Municipal Corporation also collects taxes and fees from the citizens to fund its activities and projects.

Additional Information

• 2 lakh and 5 lakh are a relatively small population, and such cities are usually managed by a Municipal Council or a Nagar Panchayat.
• 12 lakh is a large population, and such cities are usually managed by a Metropolitan Development Authority or a Metropolitan Planning Committee.
• Panchayat Raj institutions are the local government authorities in rural areas.
  • Village panchayats are the local governing bodies at the village level.
  • They are referred to as panchayat samitis at the block level.
  • They are referred to as zilla parishads at the district level.

The correct answer is Excise control.

Key Points

• A municipality is usually known as an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self–government or jurisdiction.
• There are 188 urban local bodies in Rajasthan.
  • After the enactment of the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act, the Local Bodies, which were previously not part of the Constitution of India, have now been assigned Constitutional Status.
  • There are 7 Corporations, 34 Councils, and 147 Municipalities. 
• The functions of municipal bodies broadly relate to public health, welfare, regulatory functions, public safety, public infrastructure works, and development activities.
  • Public health includes water supply, sewerage, and sanitation, eradication of communicable diseases etc.
  • Welfare includes public facilities such as education, recreation, etc.
  • Regulatory functions are related to prescribing and enforcing building regulations, encroachments on public land, birth registration and death certificate, etc.
  • Public safety includes fire protection, street lighting, etc.
  • Public works measures such as construction and maintenance of inner city roads, etc.
  • Development functions related to town planning and development of commercial markets.

The correct answer is Three.

Key Points

• Panchayati Raj System -
  • It was first introduced in India by the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on 2 October 1959 in the Nagaur district of Rajasthan.
  • Panchayati Raj system is the system of local self-government of rural India.
  • Self-governance of urban areas is carried out by municipalities and sub-municipalities.
  • Self-governance of rural areas is carried out through Panchayati Raj Institutions.
  • Panchayati Raj institutions are three -
    • Gram Panchayat at the village level
    • Panchayat Samiti at Block (Taluka) level
    • Zilla Parishad at the district level

Additional Information

• 'Panchayati Raj Day is observed every year on 24 April in India.
• In the year 1993, through the 73^rd and 74^th Constitutional Amendments, the three-tier Panchayati Raj system in India got constitutional status.
• Lord Ripon is considered the father of local self-government in India during the British rule in India.
• In the year 1882, he made a proposal regarding local self-government.

The correct answer is the Development officer of Panchayat Samiti.

Key Points

• Sarpanch gives his/her resignation letter to the Development officer of Panchayat Samiti.
  • The Panchayat is chaired by the president of the village, known as a Sarpanch. The term of the elected representatives is five years.
  • Sarpanch/ Up Sarpanch and any member of Panchayat may resign his office by giving a notice in writing:
    • in a case where the Gram Panchayat is within the jurisdiction of a Panchayat Samiti to the Development Officer of  Panchayat Samiti of that Panchayat Samiti.
  • The Sarpanch may resign his office by giving a notice in writing to Gram Panchayat. 

Additional Information

• Gram Panchayats are at the lowest level of Panchayat Raj institutions (PRIs), whose legal authority is the 73rd Constitutional Amendment of 1992, which is concerned with rural local governments.

The correct answer is Jawaharlal Nehru.

Key Points

• Jawaharlal Nehru formally inaugurated Panchayati Raj in Rajasthan on 2nd October 1959 at Nagaur.
• Rajasthan has the distinction of being a pioneer in accepting the scheme of democratic decentralization envisaging a three-tier system of representative bodies at the village, block, and district levels.
  • The system later came to be known as Panchayati Raj, which was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on 2 October 1959 at Nagour in Rajasthan.
  • The first elections under the Rajasthan Panchayat Samitis and Zilla Parishads Act, 1959 were held in September-October 1959.
  • With the already existing Panchayats at the village level under the Rajasthan Panchayat Act, 1953, the three-tier scheme of Panchayati Raj began functioning on 2 October 1959.
• Rajasthan was the first state in the country where the Panchayati Raj system was implemented.
• Article 40 of the Indian Constitution talk about the establishment of Panchayats in rural regions.
  • Sarpanch is the head of the Panchayat. The members of the gram panchayat are elected each for a period of five years by the members of the Gram Sabha.
  • A Panchayat Samiti (block panchayat) is a local government body at the tehsil level.
  • This body works for the villages of the tehsil that together are called a development block.
  • The Panchayat Samiti is the link between the Gram Panchayat and the district administration.

The correct answer is 1959.

• After Independence, Rajasthan was the first state to establish Panchayati Raj.
• The scheme was inaugurated by then by the then Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on 2 October 1959 at Nagaur in Rajasthan.

Key Points 

• Rajasthan was the first state to introduce the panchayat system in India after independence. 
• Constitutional 73rd Amendment Act of 1992 provides constitutional status to the Panchayati Raj institutions. 
• This amendment contains provisions for the devolution of powers and responsibilities to the panchayats by state governments.
• Panchayat has 29 subjects listed in the eleventh schedule of the constitution.
• The Act aims to provide a three-tier system of Panchayati Raj.

Important Points 

• All the members of the Gram Sabha elect a Sarpanch who is the panchayat head.
• The Ward Panchs and the Sarpanch form the Gram Panchayat.
• The Gram Panchayat is elected for five years.
• The Gram Panchayat has a Secretary who is also the Secretary of the Gram Sabha.

Additional Information 

• Important committees related to the development of Panchayati Raj:
  • Balwant Rai Mehta.
  • Ashok Mehta Committee.
  • G.V.K. Rao Committee.

The correct answer is Excise control.

Key Points

• A municipality is usually known as an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self–government or jurisdiction.
• There are 188 urban local bodies in Rajasthan.
  • After the enactment of the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act, the Local Bodies, which were previously not part of the Constitution of India, have now been assigned Constitutional Status.
  • There are 7 Corporations, 34 Councils, and 147 Municipalities. 
• The functions of municipal bodies broadly relate to public health, welfare, regulatory functions, public safety, public infrastructure works, and development activities.
  • Public health includes water supply, sewerage, and sanitation, eradication of communicable diseases etc.
  • Welfare includes public facilities such as education, recreation, etc.
  • Regulatory functions are related to prescribing and enforcing building regulations, encroachments on public land, birth registration and death certificate, etc.
  • Public safety includes fire protection, street lighting, etc.
  • Public works measures such as construction and maintenance of inner city roads, etc.
  • Development functions related to town planning and development of commercial markets.

The correct answer is Article 40.

Key Points

• The 73rd Amendment Act gave effect to the Article 40 which says," To organise village panchayats and endow them with necessary powers and authority to enable them to function as units of self-government."
• The 73rd Amendment Act,1992, added the 11th Schedule along with Part IX in the Indian Constitution.
  • It was termed as 'Panchayats'.
  • Articles related to the act: 243 to 243(O)

Additional Information Provisions in the Act:

• It provides the State legislature making their own rule for the establishment of Panchayats & empowering them.
• At every five years, a State Finance Commission to be constituted to review the financial resources of Panchayats.
• It empowers people to elect their representatives in Panchayats.
• A fixed 5-year term for all Panchayats.
• Elections to the Panchayats to be held before the expiry of its term.
• In the case of dissolution, an Election must be conducted before the expiry period of 6 months from the date of dissolution.
• No Panchayats in states having a population of less than 2 million.
• Panchayats are to be established at the village, block & district level.
• They can formulate their own development plans.
• Panchayats will have their own budget, power of taxation etc.

The correct answer is Five, Panchs, Gram Sabha.

Key Points

• Panchayti Raj system is the tier of government in India.
• Panchayat Elections are held every five years.
• Elected members of the Panchayat are called Panchs.
• The most basic unit of Panchayati Raj system is Gram Sabha, which is a meeting of all adults who live in the area covered by a Panchayat.
• The head of the Gram Sabha is called a Sarpanch.

 Thus, we can say that the above statements about the Panchayati Raj system are correct.

The correct answer is All of these.

Key Points

• It is the work of the municipality to make arrangements for lighting on public roads, buildings, public health sanitation, solid waste management, cleaning system, etc.​

Additional Information

• Main Municipality work -
  • Protect public property,
  • register birth death
  • Population control and family welfare work
  • Maintaining Kanji House
  • Traffic management
  • Promotion of academic and sports activities
  • To take measures for the beautification of the urban area by setting up gardens and waterfalls, arranging recreation areas, riding the banks of the river, by landscape painting.
  • Collection of vital statistics and data for the community
  • Construction of public toilets and urinals
  • Taking steps to secure the prevention of cruelty to animals

The correct answer is 10 lakh.Key Points

• Municipal Corporations are the governing bodies responsible for the development and administration of urban areas in India.
• The population of a Metropolitan City with more than 10 lakh inhabitants is managed by a Municipal Corporation.
• The Municipal Corporation is responsible for providing basic amenities such as water supply, sanitation, and maintenance of roads and infrastructure.
• The Municipal Corporation also collects taxes and fees from the citizens to fund its activities and projects.

Additional Information

• 2 lakh and 5 lakh are a relatively small population, and such cities are usually managed by a Municipal Council or a Nagar Panchayat.
• 12 lakh is a large population, and such cities are usually managed by a Metropolitan Development Authority or a Metropolitan Planning Committee.
• Panchayat Raj institutions are the local government authorities in rural areas.
  • Village panchayats are the local governing bodies at the village level.
  • They are referred to as panchayat samitis at the block level.
  • They are referred to as zilla parishads at the district level.

The correct answer is Section 68.

Key Points

• Section 68 Provision -
• All property not specifically reserved by the State Government
  • All public lands,
  • All public markets, slaughterhouses, etc.
  • All such property that has not been reserved by the State Government by a special act shall vest in the municipality.
  • It shall be competent from time to time, by notification in the Official Gazette, to reclaim any Government land vested in the Municipal Corporation.​

Additional Information

• ​Section 69 Provision -
  • Acquisition of property by the municipality by agreement, exchange, lease, grant, etc.
• Section 70 -
  • Compulsory Acquisition of Land.​
• Section 69 -
  • Allotment, exchange, etc. of certain lands.​