Consider the following statements 1 There is no reservation for women in Panchayats of Haryana 2 The...........

Haryana Polity and Governance

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Consider the following statements.

1.There is no reservation for women in Panchayats of Haryana.

2.There is no reservation for SCs and STs in Panchayats of Haryana.

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1 Only

2 Only

Both 1 and 2

None of the above

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Explanation:

THE HARYANA PANCHAYATI RAJ ACT, 1994 :

Scheduled Castes” means such castes, races or tribes or parts of or groups within, such castes, races or tribes as are deemed to be Scheduled Castes in relation to the State of Haryana under article 341 of the Constitution of India.Seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes in every Gram 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 election in that Panchayat as the population of the Scheduled Castes in the Panchayat area bears to the total population of that area and such seats may be allotted to such wards having maximum population of persons belonging to Scheduled Castes.

Not less than one-third (including thenumbers of seats reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes) 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 and by lots to different wards in a Panchayat except those falling under sub-section (1) and (2) .The offices of the Sarpanches in theGram Panchayat in a block shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and Women.