Indian Government and Politics ( BA 2 nd Semester syllabus FYUGP) Political Science

     Indian Government and Politics

UNIT I: INDIAN CONSTITUTION: EMERGENCE AND DISTINCTIVENESS

a) Constituent Assembly: Historical Backdrop and Formation 

b) Basic features of Indian Constitution 

c) Amendment of Constitution: Nature and Procedure 

UNIT -II: CITIZENSHIP AND RIGHTS 

a) Citizenship: Meaning and Provisions in the Constitution 

b) Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Duties 

c) Directive Principles of State Policy

  

UNIT -III: INSTITUTIONS 

a) The Executive: President, Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers, Bureaucracy in India 

b) The Parliament: Composition , Legislative Procedure in Parliament, Question of Decline.

c) The Judiciary: The Supreme Court, Appointment of Judges, Independence, Judicial Activism.

UNIT -IV: FEDERALISM AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT 

a) Nature of Federal System: Constitutional Provisions, Distinctive Features, NITI Aayog and Changing Character.

b) Integration of Princely States in India, Union and Its Territory 

c) Panchayati Raj Institutions in India: Emergence, Composition, Powers and Functions, Actual Working.