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WBCS Main Examination 2023 — Paper V: Indian Constitution and Economy · Question 88 of 200

Q88
Indian PolityPanchayati Raj & Local Government
Who was the Prime Minister of India when a Constitutional status for the Panchayati Raj and Urban Self-Governing Institutions was accorded?
  1. a.Indira Gandhi
  2. b.Rajeev Gandhi
  3. c.P.V. Narasimha Rao
  4. d.Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Answer: (C) P.V. Narasimha Rao

The 73rd and 74th Amendment Acts, giving constitutional status to Panchayats and municipalities, were passed in 1992 under Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao. Rajiv Gandhi's 64th Amendment Bill (1989) failed in the Rajya Sabha, so (B) is the tempting wrong option.

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