The 11th Schedule of the Constitution of India distributes powers between
- A.the Union and the State Legislatures
- B.the State Legislatures and the Panchayat
- C.the Municipal Corporation and the Panchayat
- D.the Gram Sabha and the Panchayat
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, the State Legislatures and the Panchayat. The Eleventh Schedule lists 29 subjects on which the state legislature may give powers and responsibilities to the Panchayats.
The Eleventh Schedule was added by the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992, along with Part IX on Panchayats. Article 243G says that the legislature of a state may, by law, endow the Panchayats with the powers and authority needed to work as institutions of self-government, including the subjects in the Eleventh Schedule. Its 29 items include agriculture, minor irrigation, animal husbandry, fisheries, drinking water, rural housing, roads, primary and secondary education, health and sanitation, and poverty alleviation. The Twelfth Schedule, added by the 74th Amendment, does the same for municipalities with 18 subjects.
Option A is wrong because the division of powers between the Union and the States is made by the Seventh Schedule. Option C is wrong because municipalities are covered by the Twelfth Schedule, not the Eleventh. Option D is wrong because the Gram Sabha is a body of village voters, not a party in this distribution.
Exam tip: 11th Schedule = Panchayats, 29 subjects (73rd Amendment); 12th Schedule = Municipalities, 18 subjects (74th Amendment).
Practice Questions
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- B.All the reports of the Commission and its recommendations shall be laid only before Lok Sabha.
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- A.3 only
- B.1, 2 and 4
- C.1, 2 and 3
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