UPSC CDS 1 2021 GK Paper

* All the Panchayat’s seats shall be filled by persons chosen by a direct election from territorial constituencies in the Panchayat area. The electorate has been named Grama Sabha comprising of persons registered in the electoral rolls which relate to a particular village comprised within the area of a Panchayat.
* The "Gram Sabha" means a body comprising of persons registered in the electoral rolls which relate to a village comprised within the area of Panchayat at the village level;
* The Chairperson of every Panchayat shall be elected as per the law passed by a State and such State Law shall even provide for the representation of Chairpersons of Village &Intermediate Panchayats in the District Panchayat, and also members of the Union and State Legislature in the Panchayats above the village level.
* All states in India don’t have a three-tier system of Panchayats. According to Article 243M of the Constitution, State of Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram, Sixth Schedule Areas and hill regions of Manipur are exempted from the application of Part IX of the Constitution.