Consider the following statements. Assertion (A): Democratic decentralisation provided space for the deprived and marginalised social sections for their collective bargains and to get their due share in local governance and development process. Reason (R): Decentralisation and democratisation process helps to protect the interests of the most excluded social groups like Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and women. Choose the correct answer:

Asked in TSPSC Group 1 Prelims 2024 · Topic: Panchayati Raj and Community Development (Concept of Participatory Planning and Decentralized Governance through PRIs)

1. (A) is true, but (R) is false.
2. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
3. (A) is false, but (R) is true.
4. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

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