At what level does a Panchayat Samiti operate a Panchayati Raj structure?

The correct answer is Block-level body

Key Points

• The 73rd constitutional amendment act provides for three-tier local self-govt. at the village ( gram panchayat) , block(panchayat samiti) and district (zila parishad)level.
  • Gram Panchayat at the village level. Block Panchayat or Panchayat Samiti at the intermediate level i.e. the block level. Zilla Panchayat at the district level.
  • Panchayat samiti is a rural local government (panchayat) body at the intermediate tehsil level in India. It works for the villages of the tehsil that together are called a development block. It has been said to be the "panchayat of panchayats".

Additional Information

• Local self-government in the nation has significantly improved as a result of the 73rd Amendment’s passage.
• The central government chose to recognize April 24 as National Panchayati Raj Day every year in 2010 to commemorate this and further bolster the institutions.
• This amendment is based on the Gandhian Principle of the DPSP, which advocated for decentralized democracy, or the idea that individuals should make their own decisions. Gandhiji advocated the third level of government that can understand the problems of the people of the village at the grassroots level.
• If we would see our dream of Panchayat Raj, i.e., true democracy realized, we would regard the humblest and lowest Indian as being equally the ruler of India with the tallest in the land.— Mahatma Gandhi