Local Government: Panchayats and Municipalities: UPSC Previous Year Questions (Polity)
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UPSC 2004Polity · Local Government: Panchayats and Municipalities
Q1. Assertion (A): The Central Rural Sanitation Programme was launched in 1986 to improve the quality of life of rural people in India. Reason (R): Rural sanitation is a subject in the Concurrent List in the Constitution of India. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?
Explanation
Assertion (A) is true: The Central Rural Sanitation Programme (CRSP) was launched in 1986 by the Government of India. It aimed to improve the quality of life of rural people by promoting sanitation and reducing open defecation. Reason (R) is false: Rural sanitation is not under the Concurrent List but falls under the State List (Entry 6: Public Health and Sanitation). States are primarily responsible for implementing sanitation programs, though the central government can initiate schemes like CRSP to supplement state efforts.
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2004
(c) A is true but R is false.
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This page covers 1 previous year UPSC Prelims GS Paper-I questions on Local Government: Panchayats and Municipalities (Polity), asked from 1996 to 2025. Each has the correct answer and an explanation.
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