{"id":1361,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/comment-on-the-functions-of-district-planning-committee-upsc-psir-2023-2308\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:17","slug":"comment-on-the-functions-of-district-planning-committee-upsc-psir-2023-2308","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/comment-on-the-functions-of-district-planning-committee-upsc-psir-2023-2308\/","title":{"rendered":"Comment on the functions of District Planning Committee."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> Art 243ZD + 73rd\/74th Amendments <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> DPC as constitutional bridge between local self-government and district planning<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> core task = consolidate Panchayat + Municipal plans <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> one draft district development plan (rural + urban + sectoral)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>decentralised + sectoral planning (agriculture, infrastructure, watershed, health, education, women\u2013child) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> spatial planning + resource sharing + environmental conservation + coordinated resource management <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> four-fifths elected from local bodies (rural\u2013urban proportion) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> participatory character <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> \u201cplanning for economic and social justice\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>mandate vs reality <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> many DPCs poorly constituted \/ non-functional <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> weak technical capacity + no qualified District Planning Officers <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> functions stay on paper<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> design sound <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> gap lies in implementation, not mandate<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> functions deliver only with proper constitution + technical support <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> then real grassroots planning<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[34],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[64],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1361","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-34","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-planning-and-economic-development","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4773,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1361\/revisions\/4773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1361"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1361"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1361"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}