The advantages of decentralised planning is/are
1. Better use of local resources
2. Effective implementation of the plan
3. Ensuring people's participation in planning
4. Ensures bureaucratic responsibility to the local people
Select the correct answer using the options given below

Civil society can be understood as:

A. The whole population of a state

B. The people within a state who behave in a politically civilised way

C. A social organization made up of retired civil servants

D. A framework within which people who lack political authority conduct their lives

The Initiatives for Good Governance in India are mainly on:
1. Right to Information
2. E-Governance
3. Ease of Doing Business
4. Decentralization
5. Police Reforms
Select the correct answer:

A. 1, 2, 3 and 5

B. 2, 3, 4 and 5

C. 1, 3, 4 and 5

D. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

In the cash benefits transferred in 2019-20 under the Direct Benefits Transfer Scheme, the largest head under which DBT transfers were made was:

A. Fertilizer Subsidy

B. PAHAL - LPG Subsidy

C. MGNREGA

D. Farmer compensations for drought, Calamity, etc.

The institution of 'Ombudsman' was first introduced in

A. Denmark

B. United Kingdom

C. Sweden

D. Switzerland