PYQ Vault · Paper 1 · Planning & Economic Development
Comment on the functions of District Planning Committee.
How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Flow snapshot — how the answer moves
Intro routes
G3) Art 243ZD + 73rd/74th Amendments → DPC as constitutional bridge between local self-government and district planning core task = consolidate Panchayat + Municipal plans → one draft district development plan (rural + urban + sectoral)
Body flow
decentralised + sectoral planning (agriculture, infrastructure, watershed, health, education, women-child) → spatial planning + resource sharing + environmental conservation + coordinated resource management → four-fifths elected from local bodies (rural-urban proportion) → participatory character → “planning for economic and social justice”
Counter-view
mandate vs reality → many DPCs poorly constituted / non-functional → weak technical capacity + no qualified District Planning Officers → functions stay on paper
Conclusion routes
GJ design sound → gap lies in implementation, not mandate functions deliver only with proper constitution + technical support → then real grassroots planning
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
