Indian Polity & Constitution MCQs


Q.  Which amendment of the Constitution abolished the special privileges of ICS officers and empowered the Parliament to determine their service conditions?

a. Twenty-eighth Amendment Act, 1972
b. Twenty-fourth Amendment Act, 1971
c. Twenty-ninth Amendment Act, 1972
d. Twenty-sixth Amendment Act, 1971


ANSWER: See Answer
 
Constitution (28th) Amendment Act, 1972 abolished the special privileges of ICS officers and empowered the Parliament to determine their service conditions. It has provisions of deletion of article 314 and inclusion of a new article 312-A which confers powers on Parliament to vary or revoke by law the conditions of Civil Services.
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