G.V. K Rao Committee

The Planning Commission created the Commission to examine India’s Existing Operational Mechanisms for Rural Growth and Poverty Reduction Programs in 1985, which itself was chaired by G.V.K. Rao. The Commission concluded that now the project development had become increasingly bureaucratized & decoupled from the Panchayati Raj.

Significance of the G.V.K Rao Committee

• Unlike the preceding commission, this one emphasized the Divisional panchayat while placing less attention on the local and Regional panchayats
• Due to bureaucracy, rural panchayat raj encounters important difficulties
• It advocated daily operations for alleviating poverty & infrastructure building, with a focus on volunteer organizations taking part in the decentralization process

All Recommendations Made by the G.V.K Rao Committee

• The Committee believes that now is the right moment to take a comprehensive look at economic development
• It must include all social and economic development efforts carried out on the ground by various institutions
• Limiting anti-poverty efforts to a few distinct projects is no longer advisable
• Encounter has shown that the government (bureaucracy) can indeed be held responsible for economic progress and social fairness on its own
• Whereas the Seventh Plan’s aims for eliminating poverty must be followed, regional effort must be fostered and competence continually devised by local people
• As a result, it is critical to properly include communities and their representatives in the development and implementation of rural development plans
• Panchayat Raj has to become more activist and get the necessary assistance to be a successful problem-solving organization bodies’ votes should be conducted regularly
• It is indeed vital to encourage volunteer organizations to act in remote rural areas in every manner possible, with enlightened optimism
• The municipality should serve as the primary planning and implementation unit for policies and programs
• As a result, the District Administration may become the principal management body for any development projects that can be managed at around that level
• The Chairperson of the Zilla Parishad might be actively and directly elected for a tenure that runs concurrently with that of the Zilla Parishad, or even for 12 months each on such a Mayoral pattern
• The Zilla Parishad’s distribution of tasks into various Sub-Committees, each of these should be elected using electoral reform in order to foster political participation
• Planning, execution, and supervision of rural community development should be delegated to the Panchayati Raj organizations there at the provincial level and lower
• The Committee proposes that economic administrations at the federal level be overseen by a very high-ranking officer with the post of Chief Secretary 
• The major Regional Development Departments, such as Rural Development, Food production, Animal Rearing, Cooperation, and Industries, must be under his immediate supervision
• The Ministers of this Dept. shall report to him directly
• As a result, the Council proposes that a Village Development Coordinator be appointed to oversee and coordinate overall development initiatives in the district
• In places where Panchayati organizations are responsible for developing and implementing different development programs and may be appointed as the Zilla Parishad’s Chief Executive
• The Committee believes that district assemblies administration should be perceived as a significant activity with considerable obligations
• Because rural development covers the work of multiple state departments, coordination, and competent direction are critical at this level
• In regions where Zilla Parishads do not exist, it might serve as the District Development Council’s head & chief executive
• For efficient decentralized district planning, certain state-level planning tasks may need to be moved to the district level
• The Committee proposes that the notion of a regional budget be introduced. It should be put into action as soon as feasible
• To emphasize the dominance of public administration over preservation administration, the DDC’s office should have a greater standing than just the District Collector’s Together with the construction of the DDC’s office, there should have been a considerable reform of the district’s planning and execution apparatus

Conclusion

The G.V.K. Rao Committee envisioned its district as that of the epicenter of democracy administration. The group also suggested that a District Development Commissioner be appointed, who could serve as the Zilla Parishad’s CEO. All agencies at the district level should be under the control of the District Assemblies Commissioners. This differed from earlier committees’ recommendations, which suggested the lower bodies as nothing more than a foundation and gave the Panchayats as well as Mandal Panchayats the lead role in development.