RAS question
The Rajasthan Lokayukta and Up-Lokayukta Act was first enacted in which year?
Correct answer: (A) 1973.
The Rajasthan Lokayukta and Up-Lokayuktas Act was enacted in 1973.
Explanation
The year is 1973 because India Code lists the statute as the RAJASTHAN LOKAYUKTA AND UP-LOKAYUKTAS ACT, 1973, with Act Year 1973 and Enactment Date 1973-03-26. Its long title explains why the statute matters: it made provision for appointing authorities whose functions included investigating allegations against Ministers and public servants in certain cases. That matches the standard explanation that the Act created a mechanism to examine complaints against public officials. Rajasthan is therefore remembered among the early states to set up a Lokayukta framework, and the year attached to that framework is the Act year, 1973.
Why the other options are wrong
- (B) 1986 is wrong because the official India Code entry records Act Year 1973, not 1986.
- (C) 1999 is wrong because the statute's title and Actdetails both identify it as a 1973 Act.
- (D) 1990 is wrong because India Code gives the enactment date as 1973-03-26 and the Act Year as 1973.
Concept
This tests Rajasthan polity through state accountability institutions, especially Lokayukta and Up-Lokayukta. It recurs in RAS because statutory bodies, their origin years, and their anti-corruption role are standard state-administration facts.