{"id":1116,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/the-purpose-of-the-42nd-constitutional-amendment-was-to-make-the-upsc-psir-2016-1802\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:56","slug":"the-purpose-of-the-42nd-constitutional-amendment-was-to-make-the-upsc-psir-2016-1802","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/the-purpose-of-the-42nd-constitutional-amendment-was-to-make-the-upsc-psir-2016-1802\/","title":{"rendered":"The purpose of the 42nd Constitutional Amendment was to make the economic and social democracy explicitly visible."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> \u201cmini-Constitution\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> declared purpose: make social\u2013economic democracy explicit<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> 42nd Amendment as constitutional form for socio-economic revolution <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> visibility as the stated aim<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>declared purpose <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> substance proves it <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Preamble additions (Socialist, Secular) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Fundamental Duties <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Article 39A \/ 43A \/ 48A <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> DPSP primacy over FR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>went past visibility <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> judicial review cut + Parliament supremacy sought <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> balance disturbed <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Basu<\/b>: \u201crevision,\u201d not amendment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> <i>Minerva Mills<\/i> restored Parts III\u2013IV balance <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> purpose real but only partly legitimate<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> visibility achieved, overreach corrected <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> genuine intent, limited legitimacy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[42],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[59],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1116","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-42","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-salient-features-of-the-indian-constitution","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4710,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1116\/revisions\/4710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1116"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1116"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1116"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}