Important facts and Figures of PRI

After we have seen a brief introduction into the Panchayati-Raj-Institution(PRI), lets see some important facts and figure you should have which will be helpful for your Examination. Why PRIs have given so much important now a days, is because nearly 70% of total Area is Rural and majority of population lives there. India is facing problems like acute poverty, lack of infrastructure, malnourished populace, leakage in welfare schemes etc. In order plug these loopholes, the role of PRIs are very much important. As top-down approach experiment during the Five year plans yielded no results or unsatisfactory results, PRIs now facilitate to approach our developmental work(planning and implementation) bottom up approach. 

Panchayati Raj Institution(PRI) or Local Self Government in India- An Introduction

I could have started theory part/paper-II theory parts but, in order to get familiar with some of the most institution of India, I thought it would be helpful for us to have such information in hand for easy reference. As I speak earlier, we will be using examples from current affairs perspective and we will hardly use imaginary examples(Because Examiner is expecting your implementation part of the theories as well, which you can highlight by giving examples from the current affairs perspective).