QUESTION 5
GS2
10 marks
Analyse the role of local bodies in providing good governance at local level and bring out the pros and cons merging the rural local bodies with the urban local bodies.
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7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
Analyse the role of local bodies in local good governance and weigh the pros and cons of merging rural local bodies into urban ones.
AnalyseBreak it into parts, show how the parts connect, and judge which matter most.
Demand-wise check
- 1Role: service delivery, participation (Gram Sabha, ward committees), planning (GPDP)≈35 words
- 2Pros of merger: better services for peri-urban areas, planned growth, revenue base≈35 words
- 3Cons: loss of rural schemes (MGNREGA), higher taxes, loss of identity and participation, land use change≈35 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
RoleMerger prosMerger consConclusion with conditions
Where marks usually go
- Answering only the first part
- No example of a merger
Draw this
- Pros/cons table
Value addition
- ExampleHyderabad (GHMC, 2007) and Bengaluru (BBMP, 2007) were formed by merging surrounding municipalities and villages.Government of Telangana / Karnataka
- ConceptCensus towns: places with urban features still governed as villages, a key reason for merger debates.Census of India 2011
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 5 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Alfred Thomas · Page 3 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Akash Kumar · AIR 101 · Page 3 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Alfred Thomas · Page 5 ↗Same syllabus reference
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