Question

Periodic elections to the local bodies are made mandatory by ________.
1. 72nd Amendment
2. 73rd Amendment
3. 86th Amendment
4. 87th Amendment

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : 73rd Amendment

The correct answer is 73rd Amendment.

• The Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992
  • April 20, 1993, as it got rectification by the State legislatures and was assented to by the President of India. Implemented on 24th April 1993 so 24th April is National Panchayati Raj Day.
  • part IX has been added to the Constitution with the addition in Article 243A-243O
  • The eleventh Schedule enumerating the powers and functions of Panchayati Raj Institutions. The total list is 29
  • The Act provides for Gram Sabha, a three-tier model of Panchayati Raj, reservation of seats for SCs and STs in proportion to their population, and one-third reservation of seats for women. 

• The Constitution (74th Amendment) Act, 1992
  • The Act provides constitutional status to Urban Local Bodies. After part VIII of the Constitution, a separate part IXA has been added to the Constitution with the addition in Article 2430-243ZG 
  • The twelfth schedule enumerating the powers and functions of urban local bodies has been incorporated.
  • Total list-18
  • The Act provides Municipal Panchayat, Municipal Council and Municipal Corporation, reservation of seats for SCs and STs in proportion to their population and one-third reservation of seats for women
• The Constitution (86th Amendment) Act, 2002
  • With a view to making the right to free and compulsory education a fundamental right, the Act inserts a new Article, namely, Article 21A conferring on all children in the age group of 6 to 14 years the right to free and compulsory education.
  • The Act amends in Part-III, Part –IV, and Part-IV(A) of the Constitution.