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QUESTION PYQ 12
GS2
10 marks

Analyse the role of local bodies in providing good governance at local level and bring out the pros and cons merging the rural local bodies with the urban local bodies.

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What the examiner wants

For Local Bodies & Rural–Urban Merger, the core task is to analyse the exact proposition ‘Analyse the role of local bodies in providing good governance at local level and bring out the pros and cons merging the rural local bodies with the…’. Organise the answer around its qualifier and evidence burden, not around a generic syllabus note.

Analyse · Bring outAnswer exactly what the question asks.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1Analyse the role of local bodies in providing good governance at local level and bring out the pros and cons merging the rural local bodies with the urban local bodies≈55 words
  2. 2Anchor Local Bodies & Rural–Urban Merger in the relevant constitutional/legal institution, then test how that design works in practice or where it is limited≈55 words

Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.

Answer plan

Constitutional/legal basisInstitutional designDisputed issue in Local Bodies & Rural–Urban MergerJudicial/committee/statutory anchor where relevantSafeguard/reform/judgment

Where marks usually go

  • Turning this into a broad note on Local Bodies & Rural–Urban Merger instead of answering the question’s operative wording: ‘Analyse the role of local bodies in providing good governance at local level and bring out the pros and…’
  • Listing provisions/institutions for Local Bodies & Rural–Urban Merger without connecting them to the concrete institutional tension or outcome in the prompt

Value addition

  • Local Bodies & Rural–Urban Merger: legal/institutional flow — basis → actor/process → friction/delivery gap → safeguard/outcome
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

Verified value additions

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