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Social Science · 2024 · 2 marks
CBSE 2024 · Region 5 · Set 2 · Q23
Mention the formation of Zilla Parishad.
Marking-scheme solution
(i) The local government goes right up to the district level.
(ii) A few gram panchayats are grouped together to form a Panchayat Samiti or Block or Mandal.
(iii) The members of this representative body are elected by all the panchayat members in that area.
(iv) All Panchayat Samitis or Mandals in a district together constitute the Zilla Parishad.
(v) Most members of the Zilla Parishad are elected.
(vi) Members of the Lok Sabha and MLAs of the district level bodies are also its members.
(vii) The Zilla Parishad chairperson is the political head of the Zilla Parishad.
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