{"id":1329,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/examine-the-unique-features-of-the-73rd-constitutional-amendment-upsc-psir-2022-2009\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:07","slug":"examine-the-unique-features-of-the-73rd-constitutional-amendment-upsc-psir-2022-2009","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/examine-the-unique-features-of-the-73rd-constitutional-amendment-upsc-psir-2022-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Examine the unique features of the 73rd Constitutional Amendment. Do you think this Amendment would contribute in achieving the goal of empowerment of marginalised sections of the society?"},"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> 73rd CAA gave PRIs constitutional life + wrote marginalised entry <i>into the design itself<\/i> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> so empowerment hinges on how far states let it work<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> unique = a mandatory democratic floor fused with guaranteed reservation <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> real question: does the floor convert into real power?<\/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>Part IX + Eleventh Schedule (1993) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> statutory <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> constitutional self-government <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> three-tier + Gram Sabha + five-year SEC elections + State Finance Commission <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Art 243G + 29 subjects <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Art 243D reservation (SC\/ST by population, \u22651\/3 women, chairpersons) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> compulsory \u201cskeleton\u201d vs voluntary devolution of functions\/funds\/staff (\u201cflesh and blood\u201d) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Mathew<\/b>: widening of democratic base <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Chattopadhyay &amp; Duflo<\/b>: women heads <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> drinking water, SC heads <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> SC hamlets <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> presence \u2260 authority<\/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>\u201chalf-baked cake\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> elite control, weak education, poor support blunt marginal voices (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Patnaik<\/b>) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> reservation gives seats, not authority; real devolution left to states<\/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> necessary, not sufficient <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> opens the door; genuine devolution of funds, functions, functionaries + social change must walk through it<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> empowerment enabled <i>by design<\/i>, delivered only when the skeleton gains flesh \u2014 guaranteed presence must become real authority<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[47],"pyq_marks":[31],"pyq_topic":[61],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1329","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-47","pyq_marks-20-marks","pyq_topic-grassroots-democracy","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1329","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":3,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4741,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1329\/revisions\/4741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1329"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1329"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1329"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}