{"id":1136,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/relevance-of-the-legislative-council-in-150-words-upsc-psir-2024-1911\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:24:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:03","slug":"relevance-of-the-legislative-council-in-150-words-upsc-psir-2024-1911","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/relevance-of-the-legislative-council-in-150-words-upsc-psir-2024-1911\/","title":{"rendered":"Relevance of the Legislative Council in 150 words"},"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> Upper House, Art 169 + 171 <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> weak chamber: delays not blocks, no executive control <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> relevance rests on <i>function, not force<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> Open from the redundancy charge <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> can a near-powerless second chamber still matter? <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> yes, but only on functional grounds<\/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>Revising chamber, second thoughts on hasty Assembly decisions (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Ambedkar<\/b>) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> widens representation: teachers, graduates, local authorities, nominated experts <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> expands political space for those shut out of other elected bodies (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Yogendra Narain<\/b>) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> critics find this value thin<\/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>Weak duplication (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Wheare<\/b> + <b class=\"pq-sc\">Austin<\/b>) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> a chamber of political patronage (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Kothari<\/b>)<\/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> Relevant, but only conditionally <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> needs better composition, real scrutiny, no refuge for defeated politicians<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> Relevance is latent, not automatic <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> reform turns a delaying house into a deliberative one<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[30],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[60],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1136","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-30","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-principal-organs-of-the-union-and-state-government","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1136","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":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4730,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1136\/revisions\/4730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1136"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1136"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1136"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}