Q22
Indian PolityPanchayati Raj & Local Government
Under the Panchayati Raj system Gram Sabha consists of
- a.elected executives of a village.
- b.persons who are registered in the electoral rolls relating to a village.
- c.elected executives of a village and officials nominated by him/her.
- d.the village Surpanch and the persons nominated by him/her.
Answer: (B) persons who are registered in the electoral rolls relating to a village.
Article 243(b) defines the Gram Sabha as the body of all persons registered in the electoral rolls relating to a village within the area of a Panchayat. It is the whole electorate, not just elected representatives, officials or nominees of the Sarpanch.