Local Government
The administrative departments of the state or central governments exercise control over local bodies:
By formulating their budgets
Through their power to approve or reject the bye laws, schemes and resolutions of local bodies
Recruiting all the official of the local bodies
Through none of the above methods
Through their power to approve or reject the bye laws, schemes and resolutions of local bodies
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The local government is:A. Not accountable to the central or state governments
B. Accountable to the central or state governments within the limits prescribed by the statute
C. Fully accountable to the central or state governments
D. Accountable only to the local representatives
Which one of the following is true statement about local government?
A. Their dependence on the centre is increasing
B. Their autonomy is increasing day by day
C. Their work-load is increasingly going up
D. Centres administrative control overthem is increasing
Which one of the following is not an essential condition for maintaining public interest in local self-government?
A. Utility of these institutions should be classified
B. People should be made to realise their importance
C. People of integrity should be got elected to these bodies
D. These should be deprived of some of their powers
Which one of the following factors has contributed to the growing dependence of the local bodies on the state?
A. Improved means of transport and communication
B. Growing tendency towards provision of uniform administration
C. Tendency on the part of state government, like any other government, to increase its powers
D. All the above factors
Which of the following is not an essential condition for successful working of local self-government?
A. Politics should not be allowed to interfere
B. Financially these should be kept dependent on the centre
C. Favourable public opinion should be created in their favour
D. More financial resources should be put at their disposal
Which one of the followings has been wrongly listed as a justification for state control or supervision over local bodies?
A. Control ensures greater efficiency in municipal services
B. It keeps a check on powerful local interests which may operate against the common interest
C. It provides necessary finances to the proper areas for provision of welfare services
D. It ensures diversity in municipal services
In recent years the local bodies have become:
A. Increasingly independent of the state government
B. Increasingly dependent on the state government
C. Completely sovereign
D. None of the above
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