Maharashtra Board Class 6 Civics Solution Chapter 5 – District Administration
Balbharati Maharashtra Board Class 6 Civics Solution Chapter 5: District Administration. Marathi or English Medium Students of Class 6 get here District Administration full Exercise Solution.
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Std |
Maharashtra Class 6 |
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Subject |
History and Civics Solution |
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District Administration |
(1)
(1) Who heads the District Administration ?
The district collector
(2) What is the responsibility of the Tahsildar ?
The Tahsildar has the responsibility of maintaining peace and order in the taluka.
(3) Which court is at the apex of the judiciary ?
Supreme court of India
(4) Which disasters can we be forewarned about ?
Floods or storms
(2) (a) District collector – (1) Taluka Magistrate
(b) District Court – (3) Resolving disputes
(c) Tahsildar – (2) Maintaining law and order
(3)
(1) Disaster Management
It is a process which enables one to face a disaster in a scientific and organised manners. The entire machinery of a district is involved in this process. Advances in technology make it possible for us to get Prior information about many kinds of disaster.
(2) Functions of the district collector
Agriculture –
(i) To collect agricultural tax
(ii) To implement laws relating to agriculture
(iii) To provide relief in case of drought and scarcity of fodder
Law and order –
(i) Establish peace in the district
(ii) To maintain social __________
(iii) To restrict unlawful assembly, impose curfew in required
Elections officer
(i) To ensure smooth conduct elections
(ii) To take necessary decisions related to electoral process
(iii) To update voter’s list
Disaster Management –
(i) To take quick decisions during time of disaster and minimise the damage
(ii) To give orders to the disaster management units/cells
(iii) To rehabilitate/those affected by the disaster.
More Extra Questions
Answer the following questions: (marks:1)
1.) Who is the head of the district administration?
Ans: The district collector is the head of the district administration.
2.) What is known as district court?
Ans: The court at the district level is known as the district court.
Answer the following questions:(marks:2/ 3)
1.) What are the functions of tahsildar?
Ans: tahsildar is appointed for every taluka or tehsil. As a Judicial Officer,
- he gives judgements to resolve conflicts at the local level.
- The Tahsildar has the responsibility of maintaining peace and order in the taluka.
2.) Write down the flow chart of district administration?
Ans:
3.) What do you mean by disaster management?
Ans: Sometimes, one may have to face a calamity. It could be a natural disaster like floods, fire, a cloudburst, cyclone, earthquake, landslide or problems like riots, bomb blasts, breaking of a dam, epidemics, etc. These disasters lead to loss of human lives and tremendous financial loss.Therefore, the issues of rehabilitation become important. ‘Disaster Management’ is a process which enables one to face a disaster in a scientific and organized manner.
4.) What do you mean by ‘ lakhina pattern’?
Ans: To make the administration efficient and to increase the quality of public services available to the citizens, Shri Anilkumar Lakhina brought about many reforms when he was District Collector of Ahmadnagar District. These are known as the ‘Lakhina Pattern’.
5.) What do you know about ‘Dalvi pattern’?
Ans: Shri Chandrakant Dalvi when he was District Collector of Pune District, brought some administrative reforms, that are known as the ‘Dalvi Pattern’. The motive of the reform was to speed up the decision making by ensuring that files were not allowed to stack up and that they were dealt with on the same day that they were received. This pattern is also know as ‘Zero Pendancy Pattern’. It helped in bringing efficiency and speed into administrative work.
6.) What is ‘ chahande pattern ‘?
Ans: When Dr Sanjay Chahande was appointed as the Divisional Commissioner of Nashik he implemented certain reforms which are now known as the ‘Chahande Pattern’.
Answer the following questions: (marks:5)
1.) Who is the district collector? Write down the functions of the district collector?(1+4=5)
Ans: The district collector is the head of district administration. He is appointed by the state government.
∆ Functions of district collector:
The district collector has to perform many functions from collecting agricultural tax to maintaining law and order in the district. The functions of district collector are:
A.) Agriculture:
- To collect agricultural tax.
- To implement laws related to agriculture.
- To provide relief in case of drought and scarcity of fodder.
B.) Law and order:
- Establish peace in the district.
- To maintain social harmony.
- To restrict unlawful assembly,impose curfew if required.
C.) Election officer:
- To ensure smooth conduct of elections.
- To take necessary decisions related to the electoral process.
- To update the voters list.
D.) Disaster management:
- To take quick decisions during the times of disaster and minimise damage.
- To give orders to the disaster management units.
- To promote rehabilitation.
The above mentioned functions are the main functions of a district collector.
2.) Discuss about the attempts to bring reforms in the administration? (5)
Ans: In Maharashtra, many officers have made serious attempts to bring about reforms in the administration. Their experiments have helped to improve the services provided to the citizens. This has helped the citizens to form a favourable opinion about the administration.
As a result their support to the administration and their participation in it has improved.
- Lakhina Pattern : To make the administration efficient and to increase the quality of public services available to the citizens, Shri Anilkumar Lakhina brought about many reforms when he was District Collector of Ahmadnagar District. These are known as the ‘Lakhina Pattern’. The administrative changes are: Standardization of work procedures, stating rules in simple language which could be understood by the people, etc. He also started the ‘Single Window’ system, so that jobs that people came to do could be completed under one roof.
- Dalvi Pattern : Shri Chandrakant Dalvi when he was District Collector of Pune District, brought some administrative reforms, that are known as the ‘Dalvi Pattern’. The motive of the reform was to speed up the decision making by ensuring that files were not allowed to stack up and that they were dealt with on the same day that they were received. This pattern is also know as ‘Zero Pendancy Pattern’. It helped in bringing efficiency and speed into administrative work.
- Chahande Pattern : When Dr Sanjay Chahande was the Divisional Commissioner of Nashik he implemented certain reforms which are now known as the ‘Chahande Pattern’. To reduce the gap between the people and the administration, to increase the accountability of the administration towards the people and to prioritize the development work through people’s pariticipation, he implemented the ‘Gramastha Din’ or Villagers’ Day scheme. This is the fixed day when the administrative officials and staff visit a village and establish a dialogue with the people to understand their problems and help to solve them.
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