Administrative Relations — Legal Reforms

Entry	Year	Description	Impact
7th Amendment	1956	Reorganized states on linguistic basis and modified administrative relations by creating new coordination challenges between linguistically reorganized states and the Centre, requiring enhanced administrative cooperation mechanisms	Led to strengthening of All India Services and development of new coordination mechanisms to manage administrative relations across linguistically diverse states
73rd Amendment	1992	Introduced Panchayati Raj institutions, adding a third tier to administrative relations and requiring coordination between Centre, States, and local governments in rural development and governance	Created three-tier administrative relations requiring new coordination mechanisms and shared implementation of development schemes across multiple levels of government
74th Amendment	1992	Established urban local governments, extending three-tier administrative relations to urban areas and requiring coordination in urban development, planning, and service delivery	Necessitated development of metropolitan governance mechanisms and coordination between state governments and urban local bodies for effective city administration