Criticisms of 7th Amendment of Indian Constitution
- Resource Allocation: The reorganization resulted in disagreements and difficulties with the fair distribution of resources, such as money, infrastructure and natural resources.
- Inter-State Conflicts: The redistribution of disputed land or resources was a common cause of inter-state conflict once state boundaries were altered.
- Complexity in Governance: With more regional organizations, coordination and decision-making at the national level may become more difficult.
- Cultural and linguistic variety: Some republics still had numerous linguistic and cultural groupings, which created problems with respect to internal diversity.
7th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1956
The Indian Constitution’s Seventh Amendment Act, 1956 was passed to solve the problem of state reorganization in India, which is primarily caused by linguistic/language and cultural reasons. India had a number of provinces and princely states before it gained its independence in 1947. Demands for the reorganization of states to better reflect the diversity of languages and cultures across the nation arose as a result of the previous administrative boundaries’ inconsistent alignment with linguistic and cultural regions. For instance, Karnataka was created for Kannada speakers, Tamil Nadu for Tamil speakers, and Kerala for Malayalam speakers.
Table of Content
- What is the 7th Amendment of Indian Constitution, 1956?
- Why 7th Amendment of Indian Constitution was Formed?
- Major Provisions of the 7th Amendment of Indian Constitution
- Impact of the 7th Amendment of Indian Constitution
- Articles amended in the 7th Amendment of Indian Constitution
- Articles newly inserted by 7th Amendment of Indian Constitution
- Articles Substituted in 7th Amendment of Indian Constitution
- Advantages of 7th Amendment of Indian Constitution
- Criticisms of 7th Amendment of Indian Constitution