Part 2: System of Gov ernment (Four Part Serie s on Indian Polity)

1. Part 2: System of Government(Four Part Series on Indian Polity) By ArpitLudhiyani (Guest Speaker) & Satyadhar Joshi http://onlineclasses.nanotechbiz.org/

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

3. 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

4. Other Series (for UPSC Prel. & Mains) • Indian Economics • Geography • History • General Awareness

5. 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

6. 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

7. What is Good Governance?

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

10. Features of Parliamentary Government • Collective responsibility • Political Homogeneity (generally ministers are of the same party) • Double Membership (Legislative & Executive) • Dissolution of lower house

11. Administrative structure atthe Centre RashtrapatiBhavan

12. Federal features ofIndian Constitution • Dual polity • Written Constitution • Division of Powers • Supremacy of the Constitution • Rigid Constitution • Independent Judiciary • Bicameralism

13. Unitary Features ofthe Constitution • Strong Centre • States not Indestructible • Single Constitution • Flexibility of Constitution • Emergency Provision • Single Citizenship • Appointment of Governor • Veto over State bills

15. Administrative structure in States

20. 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 • Centre’s direction to the state • Financial Relations • Trends in Centre State Relations

21. 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

22. Inter-state Relations • Inter-state Water Disputes • Inter-state councils • Inter-state trade and commerce

23. Zonal Councils

24. 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

26. Special Status of Jammu & Kashmir • Ascension of J&K to India • Article 370 • Present Relation between J&K and centre • Features of J&K Constitution

27. Article 370 Article 370 Article 370

28. Coming in Class 3 !(Central, State & Local governments) • Central Government • State Government • Local Government • Union Territories and Special Areas

29. Coming in Class 4 !(Constitutional & non-constitutional bodies) • Constitutional Bodies • Non-constitutional bodies • Other Constitutional dimensions • Political Dynamics

30. Text • Textbook: Indian Polity by M Laxmikanth

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