Civil Services Prep

Prelims 2025 · Polity and Constitution · Question 51

Consider the following statements: I. Panchayats at the intermediate level exist in all States. II. To be eligible to be a Member of a Panchayat at the intermediate level, a person should attain the age of thirty years. III. The Chief Minister of a State constitutes a commission to review the financial position of Panchayats at the intermediate levels and to make recommendations regarding the distribution of net proceeds of taxes and duties, leviable by the State, between the State and Panchayats at the intermediate level. Which of the statements given above are not correct?

  1. I and II only
  2. II and III only
  3. I and III only
  4. I, II and III

Answer

I, II and III

I. Not correct. Intermediate-level Panchayats do not exist in all States; under Article 243B, they may be omitted in a State having a population not exceeding 20 lakhs.

II. Not correct. Under Article 243F read with State laws, the minimum age to be a member of a Panchayat is 21 years, not 30 years.

III. Not correct. The commission reviewing Panchayat finances is the State Finance Commission, constituted by the Governor under Article 243I, and it reviews the financial position of Panchayats generally, not only the intermediate level.

Hence, all three statements are not correct.

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