{"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":"2026-08-09T21:56:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:22","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>&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\">Part IX + Eleventh Schedule (1993) \u2192 statutory &gt; constitutional self- government \u2014 three-tier + Gram Sabha + five-year SEC elections + State Finance Commission \u2014 Art 243G + 29 subjects \u2014 Art 243D reservation (SC\/ST by population, &gt;1\/3 women, chairpersons) \u2192 compulsory \u201cskeleton\u201d vs voluntary devolution of functions\/funds \/staff (\u201cflesh and<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">blood\u201d) \u2192 Mathew: widening of democratic base \u2192 Chattopadhyay &amp; Duflo: women heads \u2192 drinking water, SC heads \u2192 SC hamlets \u2192 presence * authority \u201chalf-baked cake\u201d \u2014 elite control, weak education, poor support blunt marginal voices (Patnaik) \u2014 reservation gives seats, not authority; real devolution left to states I E39 necessary, not sufficient &#8211; opens the door; genuine devolution of funds. functions. functionaries + social change must walk throuch it<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">empowerment enabled by design, delivered only when the skeleton gains flesh \u2014 guaranteed presence must become real authority<\/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":1,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2105,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1329\/revisions\/2105"}],"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}]}}