P.K. Thungon Committee, 1989

This committee was setup in 1988 to give recommendations with regards to awarding Constitutional status to PRIs.

  • The committee recommended regular elections and constitutional status to the PRIs and also making Zila Parishad the agency of planning and development.
  • On the basis of the recommendation of these committees a proper environment was created in the favour of giving new thrust to the concept of democratic decentralization. All political parties by and large arrived to the conclusion that it was a high time to give constitutional status to Panchayati Raj Institutions. Finally, National Front government in 1992 passed 73rd and 74th constitutional ....
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