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Download Solution PDFWhen did the 97th Constitutional Amendment Act take place?
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Option 4, i.e. 2011.
Key Points
- The 97th Constitutional Amendment Act of 2011 gave constitutional status and protection to co-operative societies.
- In this context, it made the following three changes in the Constitution:
- It made the right to form cooperative societies a fundamental right (Article 19).
- It included a new Directive Principle of State Policy on the promotion of cooperative societies (Article 43-B).
- It added a new Part IX-B in the Constitution which is entitled as “The Cooperative Societies” (Articles 243-ZH to 243-ZT).
- The new Part IX-B contains various provisions to ensure that the cooperative societies in the country function in a democratic, professional, autonomous, and economically sound manner.
- It empowers the Parliament in respect of multi-state cooperative societies and the state legislatures in respect of other cooperative societies to make the appropriate law.
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