This committee was setup in 1988 to give recommendations with regards to awarding Constitutional status to PRIs.
The committee recommended regular elections and constitutional status to the PRIs and also making Zila Parishad the agency of planning and development.
On the basis of the recommendation of these committees a proper environment was created in the favour of giving new thrust to the concept of democratic decentralization.
All political parties by and large arrived to the conclusion that it was a high time to give constitutional status to Panchayati Raj Institutions.
Finally, National Front government in 1992 passed 73rd and 74th constitutional amendment acts. Thus, ensured Constitutional status to local bodies.
