Question Q.6GS2GS2

What do you understand by delimitation? Underlining the significance of delimitation exercise, throw light on the challenges associated challenges.

Main Body

Article 82 of Constitution of India provides for delimitation exercise. According to article 82, delimitation is electoral exercise to define boundary of constituencies. Their population strength to ensure principle of one man-one vote.

Significance of delimitation exercise:

1. Uphold democratic justice - through just elected right

2. Observe electoral energies (care) by subclassification of constituencies

3. Principle of one man-one votethrough proportional distribution of votes

4. Regional justiceaffording for regional voices based on population

5. Uphold constitutional morality

Q: Delimitation must be done after every census exercise (Challenge)

4. Regional justiceaffording for regional voices based on population (continued)

5. Uphold constitutional morality

Q: Delimitation must be done after every census exercise

Challenges

1. NCC mandate to southern statesdue to population control

Q: TFR - Tamil Nadu 1.2, UP - 2.4

2. If not doneagainst universal adult franchise

Q: UP - LHP, C&D, J people vs TN - LP, people

3. Pending census 2021

4. Rest of the absent from southern states

Q: way forwardform interstate committee to take mutually beneficial solution to delimitation exercise. Keep constitutional morality.

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Conclusion

Way forward → form interstate committee to take mutually beneficial solution to delimitation exercise. Keep constitutional morality.

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DEEKSHA PAT

AIR 882025

Subject & Paper

GS2GS2

Topic

Salient Features of the Representation of People's Act

Elections

Delimitation exercise

Writing Stats

206

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