Reasons for the Rise and Fall of the Panchayati System

There were various reasons for the rise and fall of Panchayati System. This note provides information about those reasons and why they fell.

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There were various reasons for the rise and fall of Panchayati System. This note provides information about those reasons and why they fell.

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  1. There was a big weakness after the 2007 B.S. proclamation of democracy because it marked the end of the barbaric Rana regime, but the power of the government was still not distributed among the citizens.
  2. Constitution was not written from the constituent assembly and the Delhi agreement was not followed. Kings worked to get more power themselves and the public were not a priority. Political parties were also less experienced and immature at that time.
  3. The public were less aware and illiteracy was everywhere. Foreign interest and intervention also were increasing, as was corruption and procrastination.
  4. In such conditions, King Mahendra hijacked the democratic rule and took power into his own hands on 1st Poush 2017 B.S. and declared a partyless Panchayati system from 22nd Poush 2017 B.S.
  5. There were many reasons behind the fall of the Panchayati rule. The government suppressed any form of protests. The people were slowly becoming more aware and literate.
  6. They were more focused on getting more power instead of working for the wellness of the citizens and development of the country. Corruption was rampant in the country.
  7. The various communist factions united as one and formed the United Leftist Front. Nepali Congress and Nepal Communist Party set aside their different views and together agreed to fight a revolution against the Panchayati system.
  8. The people's movement was announced from 7th Falgun 2046 B.S. and there were various strikes and protests all around the country.
  9. Finally on 26th Chaitra 2046 B.S., King Birendra issued a radio broadcast at 11pm and declared that the Panchayati system was ended and democracy was re-established.
  10. The revolution of 2046 B.S. effectively ended the Panchayati rule.

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Q1:

Points out the errors that are disclosed by trial balance.


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Answer: <p>The errors that are disclosed by trial balance are as follows:-</p> <ol><li>Partial omission: If a transaction is recorded or posted partially in the journal or in the ledger, such an error affects the agreement of the trial balance and is disclosed.</li> <li>Posting a wrong amount in a accounts: Posting a wrong amount from the book of original entry to a ledger account affects the total of trial balance and is disclosed.</li> <li>Posting on the wrong side of an account: If an amount is posted on the wrong side of an account from the book of original entry, such as error affects the totals of trial balance is diclosed.</li> <li>Wrong casting of subsidiary books and wrong balancing of an account: Incorrect totalling of subsidiary books and balancing of ledger accounts also result in the disagreement of the trial balance and is disclosed.</li> </ol>

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Mention the errors not disclosed by trial balance?


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Answer: <p>The following are some of the errors not disclosed by trial balance:-</p> <ol><li>Complete omission: The complete omission of recording a financial transaction in the book of original entry or omission of posting an entry from journal to ledger accounts makes no impact on the totals of the trial balance and is not disclosed.</li> <li>Posting a wrong amount in subsidiary books and ledger: Trial balance cannot disclose the entry of a wrong amount in a subsidiary book and ledger.</li> <li>Posting in wrong accounts: If an amount is wrongly posted on the right side of wrong account the the error will not affect the agreement of the trial balance and hence is not disclosed by trial balance.</li> <li>Errors of principle: Errors of principle are also not disclosed by thr trial balance.</li> </ol>

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Meaning of error of principle with examples.


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Answer: <p>Errors of principle are those errors which occur by violating the basic principle of accounting. For examples: Debiting the wage account instead of machinery account for the wages paid for installation of machinery. Errors of principle may also occurs due to wrong valuation of assets by higher level staff.</p>

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Write the meaning of compensating errors with examples.


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Answer: <p>The errors refers to two or more errors which mutually compensate the effect of one another is known as compensating errors. For examples,goods sold for Rs.5000, but wrongly posted to the customer's accounts as only Rs.500. Similarly, goods purchased for Rs.5000, but by chance,wrongly posted to supplier's account as Rs.500. The errors in the personal account are compensated by each other, as Rs 4500 short on the debit side of the the customer's account and on the credit side of the supplier's account.</p>

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What are the methods of locating the errors?


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Answer: <p>The methods of locaring the errors are:-</p> <ul><li>Check the total of the trial balance.</li> <li>Verify that all journal entries are posted into ledgers</li> <li>Compare the ledger account balances carried to the trial balance.</li> <li>Verify the total os subsidiary books and their postings to ledger.</li> </ul>

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Reasons for the Rise and Fall of the Panchayati System

Reasons for the Rise and Fall of the Panchayati System

There was a big weakness after the 2007 B.S. proclamation of democracy. It did mark the end of the barbaric Rana regime, but the power of the government was still not distributed among the citizens. They were still not getting any rights that they were entitled. Instead they got another barbaric rule in the form of monarchy, and this was given constitutional support and strengthened.

Constitution was not written from the constituent assembly and the Delhi agreement was not followed. Kings worked to get more power themselves and the public were not a priority. Political parties were also less experienced and immature at that time. As a result, King Mahendra seeked more power to become the most powerful entity in the country. He didn’t believe in democracy since he was a teenager Crown Prince. On the other hand, new constitutional assembly, bad relation between political parties, etc. were the reason for favorable conditions for Panchayati system to rise. The public were less aware and illiteracy was everywhere. Foreign interest and intervention also were increasing, as was corruption and procrastination. In such conditions, King Mahendra hijacked the democratic rule and took power into his own hands on 1st Poush 2017 B.S. and declared a partyless Panchayati system from 22nd Poush 2017 B.S.

Panchayati system was a singular system run from the central power structure, in this case, the King. The orders received from the upper power level had to be followed. The worst aspect of this system was that it was a dictatorship. The system made sure that the citizens didn’t get any human rights, basic rights or freedom.

There were many reasons behind the fall of the Panchayati rule. The government suppressed any form of protests. The people were slowly becoming more aware and literate. The public was angered by this suppression from the Panchayati government. But the people running this system were divided into two factions. One wanted to genuinely help the people, but the other wanted to garner more power. They were more focused on getting more power instead of working for the wellness of the citizens and development of the country. Corruption was rampant in the country.

The various communist factions united as one and formed the United Leftist Front. Nepali Congress and Nepal Communist Party set aside their different views and together agreed to fight a revolution against the Panchayati system. The result was that the general public was increasing to support political parties. The people's movement was announced from 7th Falgun 2046 B.S. and there were various strikes and protests all around the country. The citizens poured onto the streets disobeying the curfew set by the government. Finally on 26th Chaitra 2046 B.S., King Birendra issued a radio broadcast at 11pm and declared that the Panchayati system was ended and democracy was re-established. The revolution of 2046 B.S. effectively ended the Panchayati rule.

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