{"id":93657,"date":"2025-06-01T11:54:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=93657"},"modified":"2025-06-01T11:54:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:54:56","slug":"the-organization-of-village-panchayats-with-specific-powers-and-author","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/the-organization-of-village-panchayats-with-specific-powers-and-author\/","title":{"rendered":"The Organization of Village Panchayats with specific powers and author"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Organization of Village Panchayats with specific powers and authority as may be necessary to endow them to function as units of self-government, is mentioned in<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;Article 40 of the Constitution of India&#8221; option2=&#8221;Article 41 of the Constitution of India&#8221; option3=&#8221;Article 42 of the Constitution of India&#8221; option4=&#8221;Article 43 of the Constitution of India&#8221; correct=&#8221;option1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC Combined Section Officer &#8211; 2021-22<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-combined-section-officer-2021-22.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-combined-section-officer-2021-22\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nArticle 40 of the Constitution of India, which is a Directive Principle of State Policy (DPSP), states that &#8220;The State shall take steps to organise village panchayats and endow them with such powers and authority as may be necessary to enable them to function as units of self-government.&#8221; This Article is a foundational principle guiding the establishment and empowerment of local self-government institutions at the village level.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\nArticle 40 mandates the State to organize Village Panchayats and empower them as units of self-government.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">\nWhile Article 40 was in the DPSP, it provided the basis for subsequent constitutional developments relating to Panchayati Raj. The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992, gave constitutional status to Panchayati Raj institutions, adding Part IX and the Eleventh Schedule to the Constitution, and making the organization and functioning of Panchayats a mandatory requirement for States. However, the principle itself is articulated in Article 40. Articles 41, 42, and 43 deal with other DPSPs like right to work, just and humane conditions of work, and living wage, respectively.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Organization of Village Panchayats with specific powers and authority as may be necessary to endow them to function as units of self-government, is mentioned in [amp_mcq option1=&#8221;Article 40 of the Constitution of India&#8221; option2=&#8221;Article 41 of the Constitution of India&#8221; option3=&#8221;Article 42 of the Constitution of India&#8221; option4=&#8221;Article 43 of the Constitution of India&#8221; &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"The Organization of Village Panchayats with specific powers and author\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/the-organization-of-village-panchayats-with-specific-powers-and-author\/#more-93657\">Detailed Solution<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Organization of Village Panchayats with specific powers and author<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1090],"tags":[1484,1099,1230],"class_list":["post-93657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc-combined-section-officer","tag-2021-22","tag-indian-polity-and-governance","tag-panchayati-raj-and-community-development","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Organization of Village Panchayats with specific powers and author<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Article 40 of the Constitution of India, which is a Directive Principle of State Policy (DPSP), states that &quot;The State shall take steps to organise village panchayats and endow them with such powers and authority as may be necessary to enable them to function as units of self-government.&quot; This Article is a foundational principle guiding the establishment and empowerment of local self-government institutions at the village level. 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