Ash ok Mehta Committee wgg constituted to make recommendations on which one of the following issues?

The Ashok Mehta Committee was appointed in December 1977 by the Janata Government to examine and suggest measures to strengthen the declining Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) in India [2]. The committee submitted its report in 1978, making 132 recommendations aimed at revitalizing local self-governance [1]. Its most significant proposal was the replacement of the existing three-tier structure with a two-tier system, consisting of the Zilla Parishad at the district level and the Mandal Panchayat for a group of villages [1]. Unlike the earlier Balwant Rai Mehta Committee (1957) which established the three-tier model, the Ashok Mehta Committee emphasized the district as the primary point for decentralization and advocated for the official participation of political parties in PRI elections [1]. Therefore, the committee was specifically constituted to address issues related to the Panchayati Raj system.

Sources

1. [1] Laxmikanth, M. Indian Polity. 7th ed., McGraw Hill. > Chapter 39: Panchayati Raj > Ashok Mehta Committee > p. 385
2. [2] Indian Polity, M. Laxmikanth(7th ed.) > Chapter 39: Panchayati Raj > Ashok Mehta Committee > p. 385