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The '''Balwant Rai Mehta Committee''' was a committee originally appointed by the [[Government of India]] on 16 January 1957 to examine the working of the Community Development Programme (2 October 1952) and the National Extension Service (2 October 1953) and to suggest measures for their better working. The Chairman of this committee was [[Balwantrai Mehta|Balwantrai G Mehta]]. The committee submitted its report on 24 November 1957 and recommended the establishment of the scheme of 'democratic decentralisation' which finally came to be known as [[Panchayati Raj]]. The main aim of Panchayat raj system is to settle the local problems locally and to make the people politically conscious.
The '''Balwant Rai Mehta Committee''' was a committee originally appointed by the [[Government of India]] on 16 January 1957 to examine the working of the Community Development Programme (2 October 1952) and the National Extension Service (2 October 1953) and to suggest measures for their better working. The Chairman of this committee was [[Balwantrai Mehta|Balwantrai G Mehta]]. The committee submitted its report on 24 November 1957 and recommended the establishment of the scheme of 'democratic decentralisation' which finally came to be known as [[Panchayati Raj]]. The main aim of Panchayat raj system is to settle the local problems locally and to make the people politically conscious.


The report of the Team for the Study of the Community Projects and National Extension Service, Chaired by Balwantray G. Mehta in 1957 is attached here.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.panchayatgyan.gov.in/documents/30336/0/Balvantray_G_Mehta_Committee_report.pdf/563c2a17-a13f-463a-ba4d-339916c32d57|title=The report of the Team for the Study of the Community Projects and National Extension Service, Chaired by Balwantray G. Mehta in 1957|website=www.panchayatgyan.gov.in}}</ref>
The report of the Team for the Study of the Community Projects and National Extension Service, Chaired by Balwantray G. Mehta in 1957 is attached here.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.panchayatgyan.gov.in/documents/30336/0/Balvantray_G_Mehta_Committee_report.pdf/563c2a17-a13f-463a-ba4d-339916c32d57|title=The report of the Team for the Study of the Community Projects and National Extension Service, Chaired by Balwantray G. Mehta in 1957|website=www.panchayatgyan.gov.in|access-date=29 January 2019|archive-date=13 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113110803/http://www.panchayatgyan.gov.in/documents/30336/0/Balvantray_G_Mehta_Committee_report.pdf/563c2a17-a13f-463a-ba4d-339916c32d57|url-status=dead}}</ref>


== Recommendations ==
== Recommendations ==
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These recommendations were accepted by the National Development Council in January 1958.
These recommendations were accepted by the National Development Council in January 1958.


== References ==
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