Is it possible to improve the conditions with the help of 73rd and 74th amendments of the Constitution? Justify your answer
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Answer:
The state governments effectively enjoyed power in the holding of elections to local bodies. The 73rd and 74th amendments take away an option that the state government previously had though it chose not to exercise it. And in politics, as in finance, options have value even if not ultimately exercised.
Until the passage of the 73rd and 74th constitutional amendments, the states were the only sub- national units officially recognized by the Indian constitution. And the constitution grants individual states considerable legislative autonomy.
Schedule Seven of the Constitution explicitly demarcates the respective legislative domains of the state legislatures and the national parliament. The functional areas over which the national parliament has exclusive domain are specified in List I, also called the “Union List”.
Explanation:
Answer:
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 pathbreaking
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 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.