View answer copy →Kanishak KatariaAIR 1CSE 2018
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Their question: “Constitutional role of Finance Commission + debated TOR of 15th FC”
The topper's answer on the FC's constitutional role and the contested 15th FC terms of reference directly matches the PYQ on how the FC is constituted and the recently constituted FC's TOR.
Key learnings from their answer
- ›Constitutional recall is precise and clustered to the demand, not name-dropped: Art 280/275/131 for the Finance Commission, Art 50/13/142/72 for the independent judiciary, and Art 16(4A)/326/39 for the Constitution-synthesis answer. -> When a polity question has clear constitutional hooks, thread the exact relevant articles into the body so the answer reads as legally literate, not bookish.
- ›His conclusions are one coined or borrowed phrase that does the work of a paragraph: he ends the Parliament answer on 'Accountability is the soul of democracy', labels the Finance Commission the 'Balancing Wheel of Indian Federalism', and offers a self-coined 'Organic Federalism' as the way forward in Q14. -> Bank a short, memorable normative line per theme to close on a verdict the examiner remembers, rather than trailing off after the last bullet.
What they cited: Finance Commission: Article 280, Article 275 (Grants-in-Aid), Article 131 (original jurisdiction); NK Singh as 15th FC chair; 2011 census weightage; GST/Ease of Doing Business/fiscal deficit; NITI Aayog Health Index (Q11)
Quotes used: “Finance Commission described as the "Balancing Wheel of Indian Federalism", attributed to the Constituent Assembly (Q11)”