PYQ Vault · Paper 1 · Local Government
“The Panchayats with Gram Sabhas should be so organised as to identify the resources locally available for the development in agricultural and industrial
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
waraj.
Body flow
39 Gram Swaraj = Gandhi's self-reliant village reconstruction > statement names its economic core | R2 | power to people + village meets own needs ~ organise Panchayats with Gram Sabhas to identify local resources
Counter-view
economic base of Gram Swaraj (efficiency, local resources + workforce, conservation, equity, employment) ~ Gram Sabha’s direct role (identify land /water/labour/forests/cattle/produce — classify households — set
Conclusion routes
priorities) ~ village industries on local raw material (oil pressing, soap, dairying, compost) ~ agriculture-industry link (raw material ~ absorb unemployment ~ cut post-harvest loss) ~ cooperation: All India Village Industries Association ~ Kuthambakkam / R. Elango network economy constitutional base enough ~ needs devolution of funds, functions, functionaries ~ weak Gram Sabhas, poor attendance, elite capture cripple resource planning 29 Gram Swaraj = decentralised economic democracy, not merely administrative local government mass employment over mass production ~ self-reliant, ethical village development
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
