Correct Answer:
B. Tackling price control, hoarding, encroachments
PERA's mandate is centered on addressing issues that directly affect the daily lives and economic well-being of citizens. B. Tackling price control, hoarding, encroachments is the correct answer. These issues are critical for maintaining public order, ensuring fair market practices, and protecting public spaces, making them central to PERA's role in enforcement and redressal. The authority is designed to enforce regulations against such malpractices.
- A. Tax collection is the responsibility of dedicated revenue authorities, not PERA.
- C. Election reforms fall under the purview of electoral bodies.
- D. Judicial oversight is the domain of the judiciary, not an executive enforcement authority like PERA.