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Q16 (CISF/2022) Polity & Governance › Constitutional Basics & Evolution

'Provincial Autonomy' was the most redeeming feature of which one of the following Acts ?

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The Government of India Act, 1935 is best known for introducing Provincial Autonomy. This Act abolished the system of 'Dyarchy' in the provinces (introduced by the 1919 Act) and replaced it with a system where provinces were granted a separate legal identity and autonomy in their administration. Under this provision, the Governor was required to act on the advice of ministers who were responsible to the provincial legislature. This marked a significant shift as provinces were no longer merely administrative agents of the Central Government but derived their legal authority directly from the British Crown. While the Act also proposed an All-India Federation and Dyarchy at the Centre, those provisions were never fully implemented, making Provincial Autonomy its most functional and redeeming feature.

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