UPSC Prelims 2025 · Question 51 of 100

UPSC Prelims 2025 question on Panchayats Intermediate Level

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
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Answer: C. I and III only

Verdict

Statements I and III are not correct → Option (c).

Statement by statement

Statement I – INCORRECT: Article 243B of the Constitution, inserted through the 73rd Amendment Act, 1992, provides for a three-tier system of Panchayati Raj. However, States with a population not exceeding twenty lakhs (2 million) are not obligated to establish Panchayats at the intermediate level. Hence Statement I is not entirely correct.

Statement II – INCORRECT: As per Article 243F(1)(a) of the Constitution, a person shall not be disqualified from being chosen as a member of a Panchayat if they have attained the age of twenty-one years. There is no constitutional requirement stipulating the age of thirty for eligibility. Hence Statement II is not correct.

Statement III – INCORRECT: Article 243-I of the Constitution mandates the Governor of a State — not the Chief Minister — to constitute a Finance Commission at the end of every five years (or earlier if deemed necessary). Hence Statement III is not correct.

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