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NDA 2019 GAT · General Knowledge · Parliament, Executive and Judiciary · easy

Panchayati Raj institutions were given constitutional status by which Constitutional Amendment?

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Panchayati Raj institutions were given constitutional status by which Constitutional Amendment?
  1. A. 42nd Amendment
  2. B. 44th Amendment
  3. C. 61st Amendment
  4. D. 73rd Amendment
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Answer: (D) 73rd Amendment

The 73rd Amendment Act of 1992 added Part IX and the Eleventh Schedule, giving constitutional status to the three-tier Panchayati Raj system. The 74th Amendment did the same for urban local bodies. The 61st lowered the voting age to 18, and the 44th restored civil liberties curtailed by the 42nd.
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