Under Article 243D which one of the following categories enjoys reservation for panchayat membership...........

Indian Polity Articles and Schedules

Under Article 243D, which one of the following categories enjoys reservation for panchayat membership in proportion to their population?

Schedules castes and schedules tribes

Women

Backward classes

Physically handicapped persons

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Explanation:

Article 243D deals with the reservation of seats.

(1) Seats shall be reserved for

(a) the Scheduled Castes; and

(b) the Scheduled Tribes, in every Panchayat and the number of seats so reserved shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the, total number of seats to be filled by direct election in that Panchayat as the population of the Scheduled Castes in that Panchayat area or of the Scheduled Tribes in that Panchayat area bears to the total population of that area and such seats may be allotted by rotation to different constituencies in a Panchayat

(2) Not less than one third of the total number of seats reserved under clause (1) shall be reserved for women belonging, to the Scheduled Castes or, as the case may be, the Scheduled Tribes

(3) Not less than one third (including the number of seats reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes) of the total number of seats to be filled by direct election in every Panchayat shall be reserved for women and such seats may be allotted by rotation to different constituencies in a Panchayat