{"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":"2026-08-09T21:56:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:22","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>&mdash; 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\">R1 Upper House, Art 169 + 171 \u2192 weak chamber: delays not blocks, no executive control \u2192 relevance rests on function, not force R2 Open from the redundancy charge \u2192 can a near-powerless second chamber still matter? \u2192 yes, but only on functional grounds<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Revising chamber, second thoughts on hasty Assembly decisions (Ambedkar) \u2192 widens representation: teachers, graduates, local authorities, nominated experts \u2192 expands political space for those shut out of other elected bodies (Yogendra Narain) \u2192 critics find this value thin<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Weak duplication (Wheare + Austin) \u2192 a chamber of political patronage (Kothari)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R1 Relevant, but only conditionally \u2192 needs better composition, real routes. se 26 scrutiny, no refuge for defeated politicians R2 Relevance is latent, not automatic \u2192 reform turns a delaying house into a deliberative one<\/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":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2545,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1136\/revisions\/2545"}],"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}]}}