Indian Polity Notes

Indian Polity Notes 

• Salient Features of the Constitution of India
• The Preamble
• Preamble and the salient features of the Constitution of India

• FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS

• Right to Equality (Articles 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)

• Right to Freedom (Articles 19, 20, 21, 22)

• Right against Exploitation (Articles 23–24)

• Right to freedom of religion (Article 25, 26, 27, 28)

• Cultural and educational rights (Articles 29–30)
• Right to Constitutional Remedies [Article 32]

• DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY
• Critical Analysis of Directive Principles
• Distinction between Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles
• Relationship between Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles

• FUNDAMENTAL DUTIES

• INDIAN FEDERAL SYSTEM
• Nature of Indian Federation
• Legislative Relations between Centre and State
• Administrative Relations between Centre and State
• Financial Relations between Centre and State

• AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION
• Types of the Constitution Amendments

• EMERGENCY PROVISIONS
• National Emergency
• President’s Rule
• Financial Emergency

• THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA
• Removal of the President
• Vacancy in the Office of the President
• Executive Powers of the President
• Legislative Powers of the President
• Financial Powers of the President
• Judicial Powers of the President
• Veto Power of the President
• Ordinance-Making Power of the President
• Pardoning Power of the President
• Position of the President

• THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF INDIA

• PRIME MINISTER
• The Council of Ministers and the Cabinet

• PARLIAMENT OF INDIA
• Rajya Sabha
• Lok Sabha
• The Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha
• Question Hour and Zero Hour
• Motions in the Parliament of India
• The functions and powers of the Indian Parliament
• Law-making Procedure in the Parliament – Ordinary Bills and Money Bills
• Financial Bills
• What is a joint sitting of both the houses of the Parliament in India?
• The Budget

• PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES
• Ad Hoc Committees
• Standing Committees
• Public Accounts Committee
• Estimates Committee
• Committee on Public Undertakings
• Departmental Standing Committees
• Select and Joint Committees
• Business Advisory Committee of Lok Sabha
• Committee on Private Members’ Bills and Resolutions (Lok Sabha)
• Rules Committee (Lok Sabha)
• Committee of Privileges (Lok Sabha)
• Committee on Papers Laid on the Table (Lok Sabha)
• Committee on Petitions (Lok Sabha)
• Committee on Subordinate Legislation (Lok Sabha)
• Committee on Government Assurances (Lok Sabha)
• Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House (Lok Sabha)
• Joint Committee on Offices of Profit
• Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
• Railway Convention Committee
• Committee on Empowerment of Women
• Committee on Ethics
• Parliamentary Forum

• State Council of Ministers
• Chief Minister
• Powers of the Governor—Executive, Legislative, Judicial, Emergency, Discretionary
• Governor
• The State High Courts-India
• Powers and Jurisdiction of the High Court
• Subordinate or Lower Courts in Districts
• Civil Courts, Criminal Courts and Revenue Courts

• SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
• Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court — Original, Appellate, Advisory
• Supreme Court the Guardian of the Constitution and Protector of Fundamental Rights
• Judicial Review
• Public Interest Litigation (PIL)
• Supreme Court advocates

• STATE LEGISLATURE- VIDHAN SABHA AND VIDHAN PARISHAD
• Powers and Functions of the State Legislature
• Legislative Assembly Vs. Legislative Council
• Article 370 of Indian Constitution and Jammu and Kashmir
• Special Provision for Some States in the Constitution of India

• Panchayat Raj in India- Its Evolution
• 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act and Panchayat Raj
• Three-tier Structure of Panchayati Raj – Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad

• 74th Constitutional Amendment Act of 1992 and Municipalities
• Types of Urban Governments

•  Union Territories

• The Scheduled and Tribal Areas-Fifth and Sixth Schedule

• Election Commission of India

• Electoral System and Election process in India

• The Union Public Service Commission – Its Functions and Composition

• State Public Service Commissions – Their Functions and Composition

• Finance Commission of India
• State Finance Commission
• National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
• Comptroller and Auditor-General of India
• Attorney General of India
• Advocate General of the State
• Planning Commission of India
• National Development Council (NDC)
• National Human Rights Commission of India
• State Human Rights Commission India
• Central and State Information Commission
• Central Vigilance Commission
• Lokpal and Lokayukta
• Co-operative Societies and 97th Amendment of the Constitution
• Official Language and Official Language Act, 1963
• All India Services
• Administrative Tribunals in India
• Rights, Liabilities and Suits of the Union and the States
• National Political Parties in India

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