74th Constitutional Amendment Act of India

E106367

Constitutional Amendment of India Indian legislation

The 74th Constitutional Amendment Act of India is a landmark 1992 amendment that granted constitutional status to urban local bodies, strengthening municipal governance and promoting decentralization and local self-government in cities and towns.

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Label	Occurrences
74th Constitutional Amendment Act of India canonical	10
74th Constitutional Amendment (India)	2
74th Constitutional Amendment Act	2
Constitution of India, 74th Constitutional Amendment	1
Seventy-fourth Amendment to the Constitution of India	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Constitutional Amendment of India ⓘ Indian legislation ⓘ
aimsTo	ensure regular elections to urban local bodies ⓘ promote democratic decentralization ⓘ strengthen municipal governance ⓘ
amends	Constitution of India ⓘ
cameIntoForceInYear	1993 ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
defines	functions of urban local bodies ⓘ powers of urban local bodies ⓘ structure of urban local bodies ⓘ
encourages	citizen participation in urban governance ⓘ devolution of powers to municipalities ⓘ
ensures	continuity of municipal bodies ⓘ
focusesOn	decentralization ⓘ local self-government ⓘ municipal governance ⓘ urban local bodies ⓘ
grants	constitutional status to urban local bodies ⓘ
includesSchedule	Twelfth Schedule of the Constitution of India ⓘ
introducedArticles	Articles 243P to 243ZG ⓘ
introducedPart	Part IXA of the Constitution of India ⓘ
levelOfGovernment	local government ⓘ
mandates	constitution of Municipal Corporations ⓘ constitution of Municipal Councils ⓘ constitution of Municipalities ⓘ constitution of Nagar Panchayats ⓘ
minimumReservationForWomen	one-third of total seats ⓘ
minimumReservationForWomenInChairpersonOffices	one-third of total number of offices ⓘ
objective	make urban local bodies institutions of self-government ⓘ
providesFor	State Election Commissions for local body elections ⓘ State Finance Commissions for local bodies ⓘ Ward Committees in municipalities with population above a threshold ⓘ fixed five-year term for municipalities ⓘ reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes in municipalities ⓘ reservation of seats for Scheduled Tribes in municipalities ⓘ reservation of seats for women in municipalities ⓘ
relatedTo	73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of India ⓘ
requires	elections to be held within six months of dissolution of a municipality ⓘ regular financial review of municipalities by State Finance Commissions ⓘ
shortName	74th CAA ⓘ
strengthens	third tier of government in urban areas ⓘ
subjectArea	constitutional law of India ⓘ local government ⓘ urban governance ⓘ
twelfthScheduleContains	18 functional items ⓘ
twelfthScheduleLists	functions of municipalities ⓘ
yearOfPassage	1992 ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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Porbandar Nagarpalika → follows → 74th Constitutional Amendment Act of India ⓘ

Jabalpur Municipal Corporation → follows → 74th Constitutional Amendment Act of India ⓘ

Jhansi Municipal Corporation → constitutionalBasis → 74th Constitutional Amendment Act of India ⓘ

Article 54 of the Constitution of India → hasBeenAmendedBy → 74th Constitutional Amendment Act of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Seventy-fourth Amendment to the Constitution of India

Prayagraj Municipal Corporation → legalBasis → 74th Constitutional Amendment Act of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution of India, 74th Constitutional Amendment

Aurangabad Municipal Corporation → follows → 74th Constitutional Amendment Act of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: 74th Constitutional Amendment (India)

Jaisalmer Municipal Council → constitutionalBasis → 74th Constitutional Amendment Act of India ⓘ

Madurai City Municipal Corporation → follows → 74th Constitutional Amendment Act of India ⓘ

Nagar Palika (municipality) → legalBasis → 74th Constitutional Amendment Act of India ⓘ

subject surface form: Nagar Palika

this entity surface form: 74th Constitutional Amendment Act

Kakinada Municipal Corporation → follows → 74th Constitutional Amendment Act of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: 74th Constitutional Amendment (India)

Sambalpur Municipal Corporation → follows → 74th Constitutional Amendment Act of India ⓘ

Dharamshala Municipal Corporation → follows → 74th Constitutional Amendment Act of India ⓘ

Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act → relatedTo → 74th Constitutional Amendment Act of India ⓘ

this entity surface form: 74th Constitutional Amendment Act

Municipal Corporation of Gurugram → follows → 74th Constitutional Amendment Act of India ⓘ

Aligarh Municipal Corporation → follows → 74th Constitutional Amendment Act of India ⓘ

Municipal Corporation Pathankot → follows → 74th Constitutional Amendment Act of India ⓘ