Discuss the essentials of the 69th Constitutional Amendment Act and anomalies, if any, that have led to recent reported conflicts between the elected representatives and the institution of the Lieutenant Governor in the administration of Delhi. Do you think that this will give rise to a new trend in the functioning of Indian federal politics?

Key learnings from their answer

• ›She tied each answer to the precise 2023 legislation the question was implicitly testing, GNCTD (Amendment) Act 2023 in the Delhi-vs-LG answer (Q3), CEC Act 2023 in the elections answer (Q12), and the BNS/BNSS/Bharatiya Sakshya Bills 2023 plus the Malimath Committee in the criminal-justice overhaul (Q14). -> For any current-affairs-flavoured question, anchor the body in the specific just-passed Act/committee that triggered the question, naming it exactly, that is what signals you understand why the question was set this year.
• ›Strong fact anchoring - landmark cases (Kesavananda Bharati, Minerva Mills, Bommai) and current schemes/acts (NEP 2020, MGNREGA, POCSO 2012, RODTEP, CEC Act 2023).