Who initiated the 73rd Amendment to the Constitution in 1991?

In the year 1991 P.V. Narsimha Rao became Prime Minister of India. In September 1991, 73rd and 74th constitutional amendments were introduced in the parliament by his government. 73rd amendment bill for Rural Local Body (also known as Panchayats) and 74th for municipalities were introduced separately.

Who approved both the 73rd and 74th amendments?

73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments were passed by Parliament in December, 1992. Through these amendments local self-governance was introduced in rural and urban India.

Who was the first state to establish Panchayati Raj in India?

Th e system later came to be known as Panchayati Raj, which was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on 2 October 1959 at Nagour in Rajasthan. The first elections under the Rajasthan Panchayat Samitis and Zilla Parishads Act, 1959 were held in September-October 1959.

Why was the 73rd amendment passed in 1993?

The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act was passed by the Parliament in April 1993. The Amendment provided a Constitutional status to the PanchayatiRaj Institutions in India through insertion of Article 243 to Part IX of Indian Constitution.

When did the President approve the 73rd amendment?

The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act was passed by the Parliament in 1992. The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act then came into force in April 1993. Panchayat Raj system means rural local self-government. This system in India was constitutionalized through the 73rd amendment act of 1992.

When was the 73rd constitutional amendment Act implemented?

The Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992 has added a new part IX consisting of 16 Articles and the Eleventh Schedule to the Constitution. The 73th Amendment envisages the Gram Sabha as the foundation of the Panchayat Raj System to perform functions and powers entrusted to it by the State Legislatures.

When was Ashok Mehta committee formed?

1977
Later on, Ashok Mehta Committee was constituted in 1977 and it also gave some suggestions with regard to three tier Panchayat system.

Which are the first two states to implement Panchayati Raj?

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh. On the recommendation of Balwant Rai Mehta Committee, 1957, who gave a recommendation of the three-tier Panchayati Raj System for the decentralization of democracy, Rajasthan became the first state to establish Pachayati Raj System.

When was the 73rd amendment implemented?

24th April 1993
A large section of such deprived people belong to Scheduled castes, Scheduled tribes and other Backward casts as also women in general at the grass root level. In Bihar, election of PRIs could not be held after the Constitution (Seventy third) Amendment Act, 1992 which became effective from 24th April 1993.

When was the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act implemented?

24 April 1993
The Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act was passed in 1992 and it came into effect on 24 April 1993. The Act empowered state governments to take the necessary steps that would lead to the formalisation of the gram panchayats and help them operate as units of self-governance.

Who coined the word Panchayati Raj?

Jawaharlal Nehru
From 1920 to 1947, under Gandhiji`s leadership, gram swaraj was at the centre stage of political discourse. Yet, when India got Independence, Congress paid mere lip service to panchayati raj. Jawaharlal Nehru coined this term, panchayati raj.