RBSE Solutions for Class 6 Social Science Civics Chapter 5 Panchayati Raj

Rajasthan Board RBSE Solutions for Class 6 Social Science Civics Chapter 5 Panchayati Raj Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

RBSE Class 6 Social Science Solutions Civics Chapter 5 Panchayati Raj

RBSE Class 6 Social Science Panchayati Raj InText Questions and Answers

Question 1. 
What is a Gram Sabha?
Answer: 
The Gram Sabha is a meeting of all adults who live in the area covered with the panchayat. Every citizen who is 18 years or above and whose name is in the voter list can be member of Gram Sabha.

Question 2. 
n the meeting of the Gram Sahha so far what are the problems that are being discussed? What sort of solutions are being suggested?
Answer: 
The problems discussed in the meeting so far are:

1. Water shortage problem.
2. Road maintenance and construction problem.
3. Finalization of list of BPL.

Different people suggested different solutions such as:

1. To overcome the problem of water shortage system, watershed development should be adopted.
2. Piping water from the river and making an overhead tank in the village to overcome supply.
3. Deepen the hand pumps and clean the wells.
4. To solve the problem of BPL list, the village Sarpanch gave instructions to visit to Om Prakash house and looked about his income if it is less than what has been decided by the government then his name should be entered in the list.

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Question 1, 
What decisions were taken by the Gram Panchayat?
Answer: 
The following decisions were taken by the Gram Panchayat:

1. Cleaning fo the village-well.
2. Deepening of two hand pumps.
3. To meet Block Development Officer (B.D.O.) for getting more information about the watershed development program.

Question 2. 
Do you think it was necessary for them to take these decisions? Why?
Answer: 
Yes, we think it was necessary for them to take this decision because the shortage of drinking water in a village is a serious problem, so it was the duty and responsibility of the Gram Panchayat and its members to solve the problem for the welfare of the entire village.

Question 3. 
From the above description, write down one question that people could ask of the panchayat in the next Gram Sabha meeting.
Answer: 
In the next meeting of the Panchayat, the people would ask questions about the information regarding watershed management discussion held with Block Development. Officer.

RBSE Class 6 Social Science Panchayati Raj Textbook Questions and Answer 

Question 1. 
What problem did the villagers in Hardas village face? What did they do to solve this problem? 
Answer: 
People of Hardas village faced the problem of shortage of drinking water. To solve this problem, following steps were taken:

1. They held a discussion on the topic and find a solution.
2. Villagers agreed on deepening the two hand pumps.
3. They cleaned one well.
4. They sought information about the scheme of watershed development from the Block Development Officer.
5. Villagers agreed to the conservation of water and recharging the water bodies.

Question 2. 
What, in your opinion, is the importance of the Gram Sabha? Do you think all members should attend Gram Sabha meetings? Why?
Answer: 
The Gram Sabha is a key factor in making the Gram Panchayat. Gram Sabha plays a vital role in planning out the strategies for the betterment of the village. It also take care of the basic facilities of villagers. It plays an important role in keeping an eye on the elected representatives. Gram Sabha prevents the panchayat from doing wrong things such as misusing money or favoring certain people. Yes, I think all members should attend Gram Sabha meeting because through meeting villagers can take part and give their opinion in proceeding of several plAnswer: In meeting villagers can discuss their problems and plan out development programs.

Question 3. 
Take an example of any one task done by a panchayat in your area/nearby rural areas and find out the following:
(a) Why it was taken up.
(b) Where the money came from.
(c) Whether or not the work has been completed.
Answer: 
(a) There was no community hall in the village hence it was built by Gram Panchayat. It was taken up because there was no place of meeting and discussion in the village.
(b) Money came from various sources such as:

•  some part of it was collected from the villagers.
• Some part of the tax collection by Panchayat was used.
• Grants, and donations were also used.

(c) Yes, the work has been completed with the support of the villagers.

Question 4. 
What is the difference between a Gram Sabha and a Gram Panchayat?
Answer:

Question 5. 
Read the following news item:
Nimone is a village on the Chauphula- Shirur Road. Like many others, this village has also been facing a severe water shortage for the last few months and villagers depend on tankers for all their needs. Bhagvan Mahadeo Lad (35) of this village was beaten with sticks, iron rods and axes by a group of seven men. The incident came to light when some villagers brought a badly injured Lad to hospital for treatment.

In the FIR recorded by the police, Lad said that he was attacked when he insisted that the water in the tanker must be emptied into the storage tanks constructed as part of the water supply scheme by Nimone Gram Panchayat so that there would be equal distribution of water. However, he alleged that the upper caste men were against this and told him that the tanker water was not meant for the lower castes. (Adapted from Indian Express, May 1, 2004)
(a) Why was Bhagavan beaten?
(b) Do you think that the above is a case of discrimination? Why?
Answer: 
(a) Bhagavan was beaten because he insisted that the tanker should be emptied in the storage tank so that there would be equal distribution of water. This was against the wish of upper caste people. Bhagavan belongs to a lower caste and the people of the upper caste wanted to suppress his demand.
(b) Yes, the above case is a case of discrimination because the people of upper caste tried to suppress the demand of lower caste Bhagavan while the demand was genuine.

Question 6. 
Find out more about watershed development and how it benefits an area?
Answer: 
Watershed development is the method by which water is conserved and groundwater resources are recharged. To implement this development program, trees are planted and tanks are constructed to harvest rainwater. The benefits of watershed development are as follows:

1. It helps in the increasing the area under cultivation.
2. It increases employment opportunities.
3. Nonfarming activities in the rural area increased.
4. It reduces the migration of people from rural areas to urban.
5. Sufficient quantity of water is available for various farming and nonfarming activities.