NCERT Solutions for Chapter 3 How the State Government Works Class 7 Civics
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(ii) Each state is divided into different areas or constituencies.
(iii) From each constituency, the people elect one representative who then becomes a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).
(iv) MLA is elected by the people who contest in election by voting.
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(ii) The MLAs belonging to the ruling party will elect their leader who will become the chief minister.
(iii) The chief minister then selects other people as ministers.
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(ii) Thus, whatever decisions are being taken have to be approved by the members of the legislative assembly.
(iii) These members then ask questions, debate an important issue, decide where money should be spent, etc.
(iv) After that, they have the main authority to finalize the decision.
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What was the problem in Patalpuram? What discussion/action was taken by the following? Fill in the table.
Public meeting |
Legislative Assembly |
Press conference |
Chief Minister |
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Main problem in Patalpuram:
(i) Lack of proper sanitation and hygiene.
(ii) Scarcity of clean drinking water.
(iii) Not proper medical facilities.
(iv) Spread of diarrohea.
Discussion/action was taken by the following:
Public meeting: Demand for the improvement of the healthcare and sanitation facilities from the officials. |
Legislative Assembly: intend to supply drinking water to every village through tanker trucks and also explained the steps the government had taken. Collection of garbage. |
Press conference: Organised by the health minister. Newspapers and the media widely discuss the issue and the government has to respond by holding press conference. |
Chief Minister: Visited Patalpuram district. They went to visit the families who had lost their relatives and also visited people in the hospitals. Promised funds for the works and also planned to start a campaign to inform people. |
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(ii) Whatever work is done by these government departments has to be approved by the members of the legislative assembly or MLAs.