​The report of which committee recommended a three-tier Panchayati Raj System in India?

Correct option is C

The correct answer is (c) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee.

• The Balwant Rai Mehta Committee, established in 1957, recommended the three-tier Panchayati Raj System for India.
• This system was proposed to strengthen the decentralized governance structure in the country by creating a system of Gram Panchayats (village level), Panchayat Samitis (block level), and Zila Parishads (district level).

Information about the other options:

• Sachar Committee: The Sachar Committee (2005) focused on the socio-economic and educational status of the Muslim community in India, not the Panchayati Raj System.
• Ashok Mehta Committee: The Ashok Mehta Committee (1977) also recommended reforms in Panchayati Raj, but it was the Balwant Rai Mehta Committee that initially proposed the three-tier system.
• Shah Nawaz Committee: The Shah Nawaz Committee was established in 1956 by the Indian government to investigate the death of Subhas Chandra Bose.

Information Booster:

• The 73rd Amendment Act (1992) to the Indian Constitution was passed to implement the recommendations of the Balwant Rai Mehta Committee and further strengthened the Panchayati Raj System in India.

Some important committees related to the Panchayati Raj institution are :

• Hanumantha Rao Committee (1983), G.V.K. Rao Committee (1985), L.M.Singhvi Committee (1986) and the Sarkaria Commission on Centre-State relations (1988), P.K. Thungan Committee (1989) and Harlal Singh Kharra Committee (1990)