- Following the recommendations of the Balwant Rai Mehta Committee, Rajasthan was the first state to adopt the three-tier Panchayati Raj system. - The scheme was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, on Gandhi Jayanti, October 2, 1959, in Nagaur. - This marked a significant step towards realizing the goal of democratic decentralization in India.
Panchayati Raj Institutions were established for the first time in India on
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