QUESTION 11
GS2
15 marks
Indian Constitution exhibits centralising tendencies to maintain unity and integrity of the nation. Elucidate in the perspective of the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897; The Disaster Management Act, 2005 and recently passed Farm Acts.
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11 min
250 words
What the examiner wants
Explain the Constitution's centralising features using the Epidemic Diseases Act, Disaster Management Act and the 2020 farm laws.
ElucidateExplain the statement clearly and bring out its meaning with examples.
Demand-wise check
- 1Constitutional basis: residuary powers, Article 249–253, emergency provisions, concurrent list supremacy≈50 words
- 2Epidemic Diseases Act (states' powers but Centre's 2020 amendment); DM Act used by Centre for nationwide lockdown via NDMA≈50 words
- 3Farm Acts: agriculture is a state subject, Centre used trade and commerce (Entry 33, List III); protests; repeal in 2021≈50 words
- 4Balance: unity vs federal spirit≈50 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
Centralising featuresThree laws as illustrationsCriticismConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Not discussing all three laws
- Ignoring the federal critique
Draw this
- Table: law → constitutional basis → centralising feature
Value addition
- FactThe March 2020 national lockdown was imposed by the NDMA under Section 6(2)(i) and Section 10 of the DM Act, 2005.MHA Order, 24 March 2020
- FactThe three farm laws (2020) were enacted under Entry 33 of the Concurrent List and repealed by the Farm Laws Repeal Act, 2021.Farm Laws Repeal Act, 2021
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Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Alfred Thomas · Page 15 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Akash Kumar · AIR 101 · Page 7 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 7 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Alfred Thomas · Page 7 ↗Same syllabus reference
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