Part 2: System of Government (Four Part Series on Indian Polity)

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Part 2 System of Government (Four Part Series
on Indian Polity)

• By Arpit Ludhiyani (Guest Speaker) Satyadhar
  Joshi

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Contents

• Administrative Structure of India
• Parliamentary System
• Federal System
• Centre-State Relations
• Inter-state Relations
• Emergency Provision
• Special Status of Jammu Kashmir

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Outstanding Features of this Series

• Series of Classes during 7-30 March 2011
• Class1 Introduction to Constitutional Framework
• Class 2 System of Government
• Class 3 Central, State Local governments
• Class 4 Constitutional non-constitutional
  bodies together with other dimensions of the
  constitution.
• Total of 8 Hours Series covering the entire
  Course of Indian Polity with 2 hour classes each

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Other Series (for UPSC Prel. Mains)

• Indian Economics
• Geography
• History
• General Awareness

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Special Aspects of This Class!

• Use of Vocabulary (Understanding the Roman, Greek
  Latin words with their story and roots)
• Use of Common Sense (why we are studying?)
• Use of overall history and political hints (to
  get more links and threads)
• Minimum Memorization to learn things
• Use of Important Facts
• Use of Historical Background to understand the
  present scenario
• Adding the global factor

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Earlier class conducted on Indian PolityPart 1
Constitutional Framework

• Historical Background
• Making of Constitution
• Salient Features of Constitution
• Preamble of Constitution
• Union and its Territories
• Citizenship
• Fundamental Right
• Directive Principle of State Policy
• Fundamental Duties
• Amendment of Constitution

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What is Good Governance?
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Parliamentary System

• Features of Parliamentary Government
• Majority Party Rule
• Leadership of Prime-Minister
• Merits of the Parliamentary System
• De-merits
• Reasons to adapt Parliamentary System

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Features of Parliamentary Government

• Collective responsibility
• Political Homogeneity (generally ministers are of
  the same party)
• Double Membership (Legislative Executive)
• Dissolution of lower house

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Administrative structure at the Centre

• Rashtrapati Bhavan

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Federal features of Indian Constitution

• Dual polity
• Written Constitution
• Division of Powers
• Supremacy of the Constitution
• Rigid Constitution
• Independent Judiciary
• Bicameralism

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Unitary Features of the Constitution

• Strong Centre
• States not Indestructible
• Single Constitution
• Flexibility of Constitution
• Emergency Provision
• Single Citizenship
• Appointment of Governor
• Veto over State bills

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Administrative structure in States
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Centre State Relation

• Legislative Relations
• Territorial extent of centre and state
  legislature
• Distribution of legislative subjects
• Parliamentary legislation in the state field
• Administrative Relations
• Distribution of executive powers
• Obligation of states and centre
• Centres direction to the state
• Financial Relations
• Trends in Centre State Relations

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Trends in Centre State Relations

• Till 1967 the centre state relation were by and
  large smooth due to one party rule at both centre
  and state. But with non congress governments at
  states these relation changed
• Tension areas Mode of appointment of governor,
  imposition of President rule for partisan
  interest, Discrimination in financial allocations
  to the states, encroachment by the centre on the
  state list

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Inter-state Relations

• Inter-state Water Disputes
• Inter-state councils
• Inter-state trade and commerce

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Zonal Councils
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Emergency Provision

• National Emergency
• Grounds of Declaration
• Parliamentary Approval and duration
• Effect of National emergency
• Presidents Rule
• Grounds of Declaration
• Parliamentary Approval and duration
• Effect of Presidents rule
• Financial Emergency
• Grounds of Declaration
• Parliamentary Approval and duration
• Effect of Financial emergency

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Special Status of Jammu Kashmir

• Ascension of JK to India
• Article 370
• Present Relation between JK and centre
• Features of JK Constitution

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Article 370
Article 370
Article 370
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Coming in Class 3 !(Central, State Local
governments)

• Central Government
• State Government
• Local Government
• Union Territories and Special Areas

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Coming in Class 4 !(Constitutional
non-constitutional bodies)

• Constitutional Bodies
• Non-constitutional bodies
• Other Constitutional dimensions
• Political Dynamics

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Text

• Textbook Indian Polity by M Laxmikanth

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