Political Science · Political Institutions in India
UGC NET October 2020 Political Science
73rd Amendment of the Constitution seeks to provide which of the following of the Panchayati Raj Institutions?
- I. Constitutional status
- II. Financial autonomy
- III. Empowerment of marginalized sections of the rural population
- IV. Decentralized planning
AI, II and III ✓ Correct
BI, II, III and IV
CII, III and IV
DI, II and IV
Correct answer: (A) I, II and III — The 73rd Amendment seeks to provide constitutional status, financial autonomy and empowerment of marginalised sections, so the answer is statements one, two and three.
Explanation
★The 73rd Amendment seeks to provide constitutional status, financial autonomy and empowerment of marginalised sections, so the answer is statements one, two and three.
★The 73rd Amendment of 1992 granted constitutional status to Panchayati Raj institutions by adding Part IX to the Constitution.
★Article 243H empowers the State Legislature to authorise panchayats to levy taxes and to receive grants-in-aid, giving them financial autonomy.
★Article 243D mandates the reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and women, empowering marginalised sections.
★Statement four is treated as not part of what the 73rd Amendment seeks, since decentralised planning through the District Planning Committee comes under Article 243ZD added by the 74th Amendment.
★The amendment ensures that the institutions are recognised as units of self-government.
★For NET, group constitutional status, financial autonomy and empowerment of weaker sections as the aims of the 73rd Amendment.
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