The Panchayati Raj System was adopted to

The correct answer is B) decentralize the power of democracy. Panchayati Raj is a system of local self-government that moves power from the Union and State governments down to elected bodies at village, intermediate and district level. Balwant Rai Mehta Committee (1957) recommended the three-tier structure, and the 73rd Constitutional Amendment (1992), in force from 24 April 1993, gave it constitutional status through Part IX and the Eleventh Schedule, which lists 29 subjects for panchayats. Article 40 of the DPSP had already directed the State to organise village panchayats.

• A is wrong: political awareness may be a by-product of participation, but it is not the purpose of the system.
• C is wrong: educating peasants is not the objective. Rural development and local governance are.
• D is wrong: it states the opposite. Panchayati Raj is decentralisation, not centralisation.

The core concept is decentralisation and participatory democracy. In Mains, the link is to the gap between devolution on paper and real devolution of funds, functions and functionaries, and to the role of State Finance Commissions.

Trap: aspirants see the word democracy in option D and pick it because it sounds familiar. Always check the direction of the power shift.