iv. Objectives of the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992
- The main objective of the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992 was to provide constitutional status to the panchayats.
- It aimed at democratic decentralisation of power and resources among the central government and local bodies such as PRIs. This will create more engagement of the public in governance.
- Article 40 of the Indian Constitution states that it is the duty of the government to establish village panchayats and give them adequate power and authority so that they can function as a unit of self-government. The government came up with this amendment to provide an implementation of this Article.
- The Amendment was based upon the Gandhian principle that advocates for 3-tier governance where the third level of government can directly deal with the public and solve their issues and problems at the grass-root level.