Which Constitutional Amendment Act is recognized for introducing the Panchayati Raj system into the Constitution by adding Part IX, greatly impacting rural local governance in Punjab?

💡 Solution & Explanation

The Seventy-Third Constitutional Amendment Act of 1992 added Part IX to the Constitution titled The Panchayats, along with the Eleventh Schedule containing twenty-nine functional items. This gave constitutional status to rural local bodies and mandated regular elections every five years in states like Punjab. The Seventy-Fourth Amendment similarly focused on urban municipal bodies.