Civil services in India

The Design of the Civil Service at Independence While designing a successor civil service, the Indian political leaders chose to retain Elements of the British structure of a unified administrative system such as an open-entry system based on academic achievements, elaborate training arrangements, permanency of tenure, important posts at Union, State and district levels reserved … Read more

State Legislature : Organization, Powers and functions

Articles 168 to 212 in Part VI of the Constitution deal with the organisation, composition, duration, officers, procedures, privileges, powers and so on of the State Legislature.In most of the States, the Legislature consists of the Governor and the Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha). This means that these State have unicameral Legislature. In a Six States( … Read more

Explain the nature of DPSP? What are the difficulties to implement the DPSP?

DPSP are enumerated in part IV of the constitution under ARTICLE 36 -51. Objective of DPSP is to create welfare state where social and economic Democracy is achieved through legitimate ways. They are non-enforceable in nature i.e. one cannot go to court for their non implementation. Since independence government through statute or constitutional amendments have … Read more

JPSC Prelims Notes for Indian Constitution, Political System &Governance

[su_posts template=”templates/list-loop.php” posts_per_page=”100″ tax_term=”1323″ tax_operator=”0″ order=”desc”] (I)Preamble of the Indian Constitution (Secular, Democratic and SocialisO-Phtlosophy behind It (II) Salient Features of the Indian Constitution. Concept of Public Interest Litigation; Basic structure of the Indian Constitution. (III)Fundamental Rights & Duties (i V) Directive Principles of the State Policy (V) Union Government : (a) Union Executive ; … Read more

Constitutional Authorities and their Role

Constitutional Authorities and their Role cant be covered in single post, hence we have bifurcated the topic to cover in Entity. Various Constitutional Authorities of India are as follows:- Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India Attorney General and Solicitor of India Advocate General of States , The Constitution of India is the supreme law of … Read more

National and state Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe commission

National and state SC/ST commission National SC commission National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) is an Indian constitutional body established with a view to provide safeguards against the exploitation of Scheduled Castes to promote and protect their social, educational, economic and cultural interests, special provisions were made in the Constitution.   Functions To investigate and … Read more

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India – (CAG)

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) promotes accountability, transparency and Good Governance through high quality Auditing and accounting.The Comptroller and auditor general (CAG) of India is empower to audit all expenses from the combine Fund of the union or state governments, whether incurred within India or outside. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) … Read more

Impact of Liberalization , Privatization and Globalization.

INFRASTRUCTURE of the country. DISADVANTAGES OF PRIVATIZATION Privatization in spite of the numerous benefits it provides to the state owned enterprises, there is the other side to it as well. Here are the prominent disadvantages of privatization: • Private sector focuses more on profit maximization and less on social objectives unlike public sector that initiates socially viable adjustments in case of … Read more

Women, Minorities, Backward classes, Differently-abled persons, and children in India.

Women, Minorities, Backward classes, Differently-abled persons, and children in India Women, minorities, backword classes, differentially abled people and children are the vulnerable section of the Society. Women due to tradition and patriarchy (male sex considered to be superior to female in society) Disabled due to their physical and mental inability to perform activities like other … Read more

Bodies constituted, Policies, Programmes and Schemes for welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes,

Bodies Constituted, Policies, Programmes and Schemes for welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is the nodal Ministry to oversee the interests of the Scheduled Castes. Though the primary responsibility for promotion of interests of the Scheduled Castes rests with all the Central … Read more