Which among the following Panchayats, are included in the District Plan in U. P.? 1) Nagar Panchayat 2) Gram Panchayat 3) Kshetra Panchayat Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

The correct answer is D (I, II and III all). The District Planning Committee under Article 243ZD of the Constitution consolidates plans prepared by the Panchayats and Municipalities of the district into one district plan. In UP, that means the Gram Panchayat at the base, the Kshetra Panchayat in the middle tier, and the Nagar Panchayat, which is a municipal body under the 74th Amendment. Article 243ZD(3) makes the Zila Panchayat chairperson the chairperson of the DPC.

• Statement 1 (Nagar Panchayat) is included because it is a municipality in the urban local government structure.
• Statement 2 (Gram Panchayat) is included because the bottom-up planning process starts from village-level plans.
• Statement 3 (Kshetra Panchayat) is included as the intermediate tier of rural governance.

Options A, B and C each leave out at least one of these bodies, so none of them captures the full structure.

This connects to the Mains theme of decentralisation and the working of local bodies after the 73rd and 74th Amendments. Check the current UP Panchayat Raj and Municipal Acts before relying on details like composition, since these have been amended over time.

Trap: Aspirants often recall that DPC covers only rural bodies and drop the Nagar Panchayat, which is a municipality and is covered by Article 243ZD.