Explanation:

A Committee led L. M. Singhvi was constituted in the 1980s to recommend ways to revitalize PRIs. The Gram Sabha was considered as the base of a decentralisation, and PRIs viewed as institutions of self-governance which would actually facilitate the participation of the people in the process of planning and development. The committee recommended that:

1. The Panchayati Raj Institutions should be constitutionally recognized and protected. New chapter in the Constitution should be provided to define their powers and functions.
2. Free and fare elections to be conducted through the Election Commission.
3. The appointment of Finance Commission for them.
4. All the rural development programmes to be entrusted to the Panchayati Raj Institutions by amending Schedule VII to the Constitution.