The correct answer is 1, 2 and 3 only. Explanation & Key Takeaways: • Ashok Mehta Committee: • In December 1977, the Janata Government appointed a committee on Panchayati raj institutions under the chairmanship of Ashok Mehta. Hence statement 1 is correct. • It submitted its report in August 1978 and made 132 recommendations to revive and strengthen the declining Panchayati raj system in the country. • G.V.K. Rao Committee: • The Committee to review the existing Administrative Arrangements for Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation Programmes under the chairmanship of G.V.K. Rao was appointed by the Planning Commission in 1985. Hence statement 2 is correct. • The Committee came to the conclusion that the developmental process was gradually bureaucratized and divorced from the Panchayati Raj. • L M Singhvi Committee: • In 1986, the Rajiv Gandhi government appointed a committee to prepare a concept paper on the Revitalisation of Panchayati Raj Institutions for Democracy and Development under the chairmanship of L.M. Singhvi. Hence statement 3 is correct. Fazl Ali commission: • In December 1953, the Government of India appointed a three-member States Reorganisation Commission under the chairmanship of Fazl Ali to re-examine the whole question of the creation of states on a linguistic basis. Hence statement 4 is incorrect. • Its other two members were K.M. Panikkar and H.N. Kunzru. • It submitted its report in September 1955 and broadly accepted language as the basis of the reorganization of states. But, it rejected the theory of ‘one language-one state’.