Q92 · UPSC Prelims 2021 · Set A · Polity and Governance

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What is the position of the Right to Property in India?

Attempt Solution

A Legal right available to citizens only

B Legal right available to any person

C Fundamental Right available to citizens only

D Neither Fundamental Right nor legal right

Correct answer: (b) Legal right available to any person

Explanation

A
Legal right available to citizens only
Legal right, citizens only. Article 300A is ‘any person’.
B
Legal right available to any person
Legal right available to any person. After the 44th Amendment, property is 300A, not a FR.
C
Fundamental Right available to citizens only
FR for citizens only. That was 19(1)(f)/31 before 1978.
D
Neither Fundamental Right nor legal right
Neither FR nor legal. 300A is a constitutional legal right.

Summary. Official key is (b). Right to property is a constitutional legal right under Article 300A, available to any person — not a Fundamental Right, and not citizens-only.

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2025 · Q91 · General Studies · 2 marks
Consider the following statements: I. Panchayats at the intermediate level exist in all States. II. To be eligible to be a Member of a Panchayat at the intermediate level, a person should attain the age of thirty years. III. The Chief Minister of a State constitutes a commission to review the financial position of Panchayats at the intermediate levels and to make recommendations regarding the distribution of net proceeds of taxes and duties, leviable by the State, between the State and Panchayats at the intermediate level. Which of the statements given above are not correct?
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