73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of India

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The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of India is a landmark 1992 reform that granted constitutional status to Panchayati Raj institutions, establishing a three-tier system of rural local self-government with defined powers, responsibilities, and reservations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Constitutional Amendment of India ⓘ
Indian legislation ⓘ
addedPartToConstitution Part IX ⓘ
addedScheduleToConstitution Eleventh Schedule ⓘ
aim Enhance people’s participation in governance ⓘ
Promote decentralization of power ⓘ
Strengthen rural local self-government ⓘ
amends Constitution of India ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn 1993 ⓘ
country India ⓘ
definesMinimumAgeForMembers 21 years ⓘ
ensures Constitutional protection for Panchayati Raj Institutions ⓘ
establishedSystem Three-tier Panchayati Raj system ⓘ
grantedConstitutionalStatusTo Panchayati Raj Institutions ⓘ
linked to: Panchayati Raj
introducedPanchayatiRaj Yes ⓘ
mandates Establishment of Panchayats at district level ⓘ
Establishment of Panchayats at intermediate level (where population permits) ⓘ
Establishment of Panchayats at village level ⓘ
numberOfSubjectsInEleventhSchedule 29 ⓘ
objective Ensure stability and continuity of Panchayati Raj Institutions ⓘ
Provide a uniform structure of Panchayati Raj across states ⓘ
partTitleAdded The Panchayats ⓘ
providesFor Constitution of State Election Commissions ⓘ
Constitution of State Finance Commissions ⓘ
Devolution of powers and responsibilities to Panchayats ⓘ
Direct elections to Panchayats ⓘ
Gram Sabha as a body of registered voters in a village ⓘ
Power of Panchayats to levy, collect and appropriate taxes, duties, tolls and fees (as authorized by state law) ⓘ
Preparation of plans for economic development and social justice by Panchayats ⓘ
Regular elections every five years ⓘ
Reservation of not less than one-third of chairperson offices for women ⓘ
Reservation of not less than one-third seats for women ⓘ
Reservation of offices of chairpersons for SCs ⓘ
Reservation of offices of chairpersons for STs ⓘ
Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes ⓘ
Reservation of seats for Scheduled Tribes ⓘ
relatedTo 74th Constitutional Amendment Act of India ⓘ
Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution of India ⓘ
linked to: Eleventh Schedule

Panchayati Raj system ⓘ
linked to: Panchayati Raj
shortTitle 73rd Amendment ⓘ
strengthensBody Gram Sabha ⓘ
linked to: Panchayat
subjectArea Constitutional law ⓘ
Local self-government ⓘ
Rural governance ⓘ
tierCreated Gram Panchayat ⓘ
linked to: Panchayat

Panchayat Samiti ⓘ
Zila Parishad ⓘ
yearOfEnactment 1992 ⓘ

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74th Constitutional Amendment Act of India → relatedTo → 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of India ⓘ
Panchayat → legalBasis → 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of India ⓘ
Seventy-third Amendment to the Constitution of India → shortName → 73rd Constitutional Amendment ⓘ
linked to: 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of India
Seventy-third Amendment to the Constitution of India → shortName → 73rd Amendment Act ⓘ
linked to: 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of India
Part IX of the Constitution of India → introducedByAmendment → 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992 ⓘ
linked to: 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of India
Panchayati Raj → enshrinedBy → Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992 ⓘ
linked to: 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of India
Zila Parishad → constitutionalAmendment → 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992 ⓘ
linked to: 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of India
Zila Panchayat Shahjahanpur → governedBy → Constitution of India provisions on Panchayati Raj ⓘ
linked to: 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of India
Nashik Zilla Parishad → legalFramework → 73rd Constitutional Amendment of India ⓘ
linked to: 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of India
Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 → constitutionalBasis → 73rd Constitutional Amendment of India ⓘ
linked to: 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of India
Department of Local Administration, Puducherry → follows → 73rd Constitutional Amendment of India ⓘ
linked to: 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of India
Baran Zila Parishad → constitutionalBasis → 73rd Constitutional Amendment of India ⓘ
linked to: 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of India