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District has been the basic unit of administration in India since ancient times. In India, we have a democratic welfare state which involves wide scope of activities for the development of the people and the nation as a whole. District Administration, is that part of Public Administration which functions in the territorial limits of the … Read more
Panchayat: Financing, Resource mobilization and devolution Sources of Funds The Amendments left important matters such as implementation, service delivery (including local capacity building) and transfer of responsibilities and powers to rural local bodies at the discretion of the state legislatures. Consequently, while expenditure responsibilities of local bodies are extensively enhanced, there is no law to … Read more
Bifurcation of powers between centre and state (state list, union list and concurrent list) The main characteristic of a federal constitution is the distribution of powers between the union and the states. The Indian constitution provides for a new kind of Federalism to meet India’s peculiar needs. In the matter of distribution of … Read more
Recomendations of the 14th Finance Commission ARTICLE 280 of the Constitution of India requires the Constitution of a Finance Commission every five years, or earlier. For the period from 1st April, 2015 to 31st March, 2020, the 14th Finance Commission (FFC) was constituted by the orders of President on 2nd January, 2013 and submitted its … Read more
–2/”>a >DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd”> Panchayat: Financing, Resource mobilization and devolution Sources of Funds The Amendments left important matters such as implementation, service delivery (including local capacity building) and transfer of responsibilities and powers to rural local bodies at the discretion of the state legislatures. Consequently, while expenditure responsibilities of local … Read more
The Sarkaria Commission was a commission appointed by the Government of India in 1983 to review the relationship between the central government and the state governments in India. The commission submitted its report in 1988, and its recommendations have been influential in shaping the Indian federal system. Appointment of Governors Dismissal of State Governments Role … Read more
Dual Polity A dual polity is a political system in which two distinct political systems coexist within the same state. This can occur when two different groups have different political cultures and values, or when there is a history of conflict between the two groups. Dual polities can be found in many different countries around … Read more
Sovereignty of Parliament The sovereignty of Parliament is the principle that Parliament is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom. This means that Parliament has the power to make or unmake any law, and that no other body or person can override its laws. The doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty was first established in the … Read more
The PESA Act, or the Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas Act, is a landmark piece of legislation that was passed in 1996. The Act aims to empower gram sabhas (village councils) in scheduled areas, which are areas that are predominantly inhabited by Scheduled Tribes. The Act provides for a number of measures to strengthen the … Read more
Issues and Challenges Pertaining to the Federal Structure A federal system of government is one in which power is shared between a central government and regional governments. This can be a complex system to manage, and there are a number of issues and challenges that can arise. One of the biggest challenges is ensuring that … Read more