POL020104:Indian Government and Politics (Core)
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 Ayog 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
