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Discuss the major provisions of the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act. Do you think that the Act remains an ‘unfulfilled dream’? Argue your case.

  • UPSC 2023
  • 20 marks
  • Grassroots Democracy

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The original Constitution mentioned municipalities only in the State List. The 74th Amendment (in force 1 June 1993) inserted Part IXA (Arts. 243P–243ZG) and the Twelfth Schedule, giving urban local bodies constitutional permanence. It secured their existence but not their authority. That gap is why the Act is called an "unfulfilled dream".

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