${73}^{rd}$ Amendment
Amendment Granting Panchayat Financial Powers
The constitutional amendment that specifically granted financial powers to Panchayats, thereby strengthening the local government system in India, is the 73rd Amendment Act.
Significance of the 73rd Amendment
- This landmark amendment, passed in 1992 and effective from 1993, introduced Part IX into the Constitution, providing a constitutional basis for Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs).
- It mandated the establishment of Panchayats at the village, intermediate, and district levels.
- Crucially, it endowed these bodies with powers and authority necessary to function as institutions of self-government.
- Article 243H specifically empowers the Legislature of a State, by law, to authorize Panchayats to levy, collect, and appropriate certain taxes, duties, tolls, and fees.
- It also allows for the assignment of such taxes, duties, tolls, and fees levied by the State to Panchayats, and the making of grants-in-aid to Panchayats from the consolidated fund of the State for supplementing their resources.
Therefore, the 73rd Amendment is directly responsible for empowering Panchayats financially and strengthening local governance.
Similar Questions
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Important Questions from Local Government
Which one of the following is not a power of Panchayats under Article 243G?
- Panchayati Raj Institutions are primarily the institutions of
Which one of the following provisions of the Constitution of India deals with District Planning Committee?
Which one of the following is NOT a subject that has been devolved to the Panchyati Raj Institutions by the 11 th Schedule of the Constitution of India?
Which of the following are the basic features of the Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act ?
1. Provides for a three-tier structure of panchayats in the village, intermediary and district levels.
2. Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and women in all the tiers of panchayats.
3. Election to panchayats under the supervision of the State Election Commissions.
4. Introduction of the 11 th Schedule to the Constitution.
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