INDIAN POLITY
I- The Constitution
1.1 Constitutional Developments,
1.2 Framing of the Constitution,
1.3 Objectives of Constitution,
1.4 Features of the Indian Constitution,
1.5 Preamble,
1.6 Important Articles of the Constitution,
2- Union Territories and Reorganisation of States
2.1 Integration of Princely States,
2.2 Dhar Commission and JVP Committee,
2.3 Provisions Regarding Territories in the Constitution,
2.4 First Linguistic State
3- Citizenship
3.1 Who is a Citizen?,
3.2 Acquisition and Termination of Citizenship,
3.3 Amendment of Citizenship Act,
3.4 Commonwealth Citizenship,
3.5 Single Citizenship,
3.6 Significance of Citizenship,
4- Fundamental Rights
4.1 Introduction,
4.2 Need and Importance of Fundamental Rights,
4.3 Categories of Rights,
4.4 The Writs,
4.5 Suspension of Fundamental Rights,
4.6 Special Features,
4.7 Parliament’s Right to Amend Funda- mental Rights,
5- Fundamental Duties
6- The Directive Principles of State Policy
6.1 Introduction,
6.2 Difference between Directive Principles and Fundamental Rights,
6.3 Important Directive Principles,
6.4 Directive Principles in Practice,
6.5 Relation between Directive Principles and Fundamental Rights,
7- The President
7.1 President,
7.2 Powers of the President,
7.3 Position of the President,
7.4 Vice-President ,
8- The Prime Minister and Council of Ministers
8.1 Real Executive Authority,
8.2 The Prime Minister,
8.3 Deputy Prime Minister,
8.4 Council of Ministers,
9- The Parliament
9.1 Lok Sabha,
9.2 Rajya Sabha,
9.3 Sessions of Parliament,
9.4 Joint Sessions,
9.5 Powers of Parliament,
9.6 Is the Indian Parliament a Sovereign Body?
9.7 Privileges of Members,
9.8 Committee System,
9.9 Legislative Procedure,
9.10 Vote on Account,
9.11 Parliamentary Terms,
10- The Supreme Court
10.1 Introduction,
10.2 Independence of Judges,
10.3 Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court,
10.4 Supreme Court and Judicial Review,
10.5 Judicial Activism,
10.6 Public Interest Litigation,
10.7 Judiciary v/s. Legislature,
11- State Executive
11.1 Introduction,
11.2 The Governor,
11.3 Powers of the Governor,
11.4 Chief Minister,
11.5 Council of Ministers,
11.6 The Advocate General,
12- State Legislature
12.1 Legislative Assembly,
12.2 Legislative Council,
12.3 Powers of the State Legislature,
13- High Court
13.1 Introduction,
13.2 Transfer of Judges,
13.3 Jurisdiction of High Court,
13.4 Administrative Tribunals,
13.5 Family Courts,
13.6 Lok Adalats,
13.7 Nyaya Panchayats,
13.8 Legal Aid,
14- Union Territories
14.1 Introduction,
14.2 Administration,
14.3 Schedule Areas,
14.4 Tribal Areas,
15- Indian Federalism and Relations between the Union and States
15.1 Indian Federalism,
15.2 Non-Federal Features,
15.3 Co-operative Federalism,
15.4 Union-State Relations,
16- Demand for Greater State Autonomy
16.1 Sarkaria Commission,
16.2 Zonal Councils,
17- Constitutional Amendments
17.1 Procedure for Amendment,
17.2 Important Constitutional Amendments
18- Civil Services under the Union and States
18.1 Classification of Services,
18.2 Public Service Commissions,
18.3 Civil Servants and Fundamental Rights,
19- Key Functionaries
19.1 Comptroller and Auditor General of India,
19.2 Attorney General of India,
19.3 Election Commission,
19.4 Finance Commission,
20- Provisions for Minorities, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
20.1 Introduction,
21- Official Language
21.1 Hindi as Official Language and use of English,
21.2 Regional Languages,
22- Jammu and Kashmir
22.1 Special Status for Jammu and Kashmir,
22.2 Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir,
22.3 Demand for Abrogation of Article 370,
22.4 Jammu and Kashmir Resettlement Act
23- Funds
23.1 Consolidated Fund of India,
23.2 Contingency Fund of India,
24- India as a Secular, Democratic State
24.1 Equality of Religions,
25- Electoral System and Elections
25.1 Electoral System,
25.2 Elections Held in India since Independence,
25.3 Anti-Defection Law (1985),
25.4 Political Parties,
25.5 Registration of Political Parties,
25.6 National and Regional Parties,
26- Panchayati Raj
26.1 Panchayati Raj,
26.2 Three-tier System,
26.3 Assessment of Panchayati Raj,
26.4 Ashok Mehta Committee,
27- Community Development
27.1 Towards Self-help,
28- Schedules of the Constitution
28.1 Introduction,
28.2 List of Schedules,
29- Indian Foreign Policy