 bill no 95 of  2017 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2017 by shrimati meenakashi lekhi, mp a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-eighthyear of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2017short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government  may, by notificationin the official gazette, appoint statement  of  objects  and  reasonspart ix to the constitution with articles 243 to 243(o) dealing with panchayats and part ixa with articles 243(p) to 243(zg) dealing with municipalities were introduced by the 73rd and 74th constitutional amendments respectivelythe above two chapters were introduced without reflecting within article 12 of the original constitution, the change in the definition of 'the state'earlier panchayats and municipalities were classified under 'local authorities' but after the 73rd and 74th constitutional amendments came into force, they were established as the institutions of self government under the constitutionthe definition of panchayat and municipality under article 243p establishes these bodies with respective norms as institutions (by whatever name called) of self governmentas institutions of self government now, panchayat and municipality are no longer local authorities after introduction of part ix and ixa by way of the 73rd and 74th  amendments in constitutionarticle 12 has been a part of the constitution since the original document was framed now, in view of the above, the proposed constitutional amendment will include the panchayats and municipalities within the meaning of article 12hence, it has become expedient to introduce the words "or institution of self government" in article 12 of the constitutionhence this billnew delhi;meenakashi  lekhinovember 18, 2016 annexure extract from the constitution of india     definition12 in this part, unless the context otherwise requires, "the state" includes the government and parliament of india and the government and the legislature of each of the state and all local or other authorities within the territory of india are under the control of the government of india       lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shrimati meenakashi lekhi, mp)gmgipmrnd—4117ls(s3)—05-07-2017