Topic: Grassroots Democracy
Discuss the major provisions of the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act. Do you think that the Act remains an ‘unfulfilled dream’? Argue your case.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 74th CAA gave cities a constitutional voice → form built, but is the substance real?Route 2 urban governance long neglected →…
Gram Sabha in the Panchayati Raj system is a forum which gives expression to the collective wisdom, aspirations and the will of the people. Comment.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Article 243A → Gram Sabha = assembly of all village voters → only direct-democracy tier → statement captures its promiseRoute 2…
Enunciate the impediments to women’s participation in local governance in the process of political decentralisation.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 73rd/74th reserved 1/3 seats + chairperson posts → 10 lakh+ women entered → presence achievedRoute 2 decentralisation widened entry, not participation…
Has the 73rd Constitutional Amendment empowered women in panchayats in India? Discuss
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Art 243D reserves ≥1/3 seats + chairperson posts → frame: has presence become power?Route 2 reservation = one of India’s largest…
New Panchayat Raj is an effective instrument for women empowerment.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 73rd Amendment: 1/3 seats + chairperson posts reserved, many states to 50% → New Panchayat Raj as a real instrument →…
Examine the provisions of Panchayat Extension Services Act (PESA), 1996.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 73rd Amendment skips Fifth Schedule areas → Centre’s special responsibility → PESA extends Part IX while protecting tribal customRoute 2 Bhuria…
Political decentralization has not been matched by administrative decentralization at the grass roots level. Explain
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 political = elected bodies | administrative = functions / staff / planning → 73rd–74th gave elections, reservation, three tiers → administrative…
To what extent has 73rd and 74th amendments of the
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 one of the largest entries of women into elective office → “to what extent” = how far presence becomes powerRoute 2…
Do you think that despite having significant limitations the Panchayati Raj Institutions have strengthened the process of democratic decentralization? Give your views.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 define democratic decentralisation (functions + resources to elected local reps for direct participation) → stake verdict: strengthened, but unfinishedRoute 2 start…
“The Panchayats with Gram Sabhas should be so organised as to identify the resources locally available for the development in agricultural and industrial
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Gram Swaraj = Gandhi’s self-reliant village reconstruction → statement names its economic coreRoute 2 power to people + village meets own…
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