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Read the following passage and interpret it.Panchayati Raj & 73rd, 74th amendment '' In 1992 government led by P.V. Narasimha Rao passed an important amendment to the Constitution to provide local self-governments a Constitutional Status. The 73rd Constitutional Amendment created institutions of local self government at the village level while the 74th Constitutional Amendment did the same in towns and cities. These were path-breaking amendments. They sought to usher in for the first time, office bearers at the local level elected on the basis of universal adult franchise.One-third of the seats were to be reserved for women. Seats were also reserved for , scheduled castes and tribes. The concerns of the State governments were taken into j account and it was left to the States to decide on what functions and powers were to be devolved to their respective local self governments. Consequently, the powers of local self governments vary across the country.'' |
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Answer» 1. In 1992 P.V. Narasimha Rao s government passed the important amendments of 73rd and 74th. 2. The 73rd amendment created institutions of local self governments at the village levels. 3. The 74th amendment created institutions of local self-governments at the town and city levels. 4. They are path-breaking as the office bearers at the local level are elected on the basis of universal adult franchise. 5. Seats are reserved for women and Scheduled Castes and Tribes too. 6. Powers were devolved to their respective local self-governments. 7. Hence we can say that these two amendments were path-breaking. |
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