Text taken verbatim from the commission's published question paper. 70th CCE Mains, General Studies II (02/GO/CC/M-2025-03); read off the question-booklet scan. Source

Syllabus

Polity · Local Self-Government

Panchayati Raj and urban local bodies: the 73rd and 74th Amendments, structure, powers, finances and functioning, and the challenges of devolution.

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