Indian Polity GS Paper - II
Topic
One: Indian Constitution
Historical underpinnings,
evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure.
1. Preamble
debate: regarding secularism
2. Basic
Structure
3. Uniform
civil code
4. Freedom
of speech: Murugan issue and Supreme court,
criminal Defamation, Aadhaar bill
5. Capital
punishment and right to life and Right to die( Jain Santhara )
6. Religious
freedom: beef eating and increasing intolerance AND Women’s temple entry
movement
7. Autonomy
of educational institutions
8. Minority
status of AMU & Jamia
9. Consumer
protection bill,2015
10.
Child
labor prohibition bill
11.
Juvenile Justice Act,2015
12.
Citizenship bill
Topic
Two: Federal Structure
Functions and responsibilities of
the Union and the States, issues and challenges pertaining to the federal
structure, devolution of powers and finances up to local levels and challenges
therein.
1. Cooperative-Competitive
federalism
2. Role
of NITI Ayog
3. Inter
State Council
4. Arunachal-Uttarakhand
Crisis and SC’s stand on it
5. Role
of governor in center-state relation
6. Role
of Art. 356
7. Emerging
new Constraints in center-state relation
8. Art.
370: Integration and Autonomy of J&K
9. Inter-state
Water dispute: SYC
10.
Development
of North East: Manipur and AFSPA, Naga Accord
Topic
Three : Separation of Powers :
Separation of powers between various organs dispute
redressal mechanisms and institutions
1. Judiciary
v/s executive
a. Njac
debate
b. Collegiums
system
c.
MOP: memoranda of process
d. Judicial Activism
e. Judicial
expansionism
f.
National court of appeal
2. Executive
v/s legislatives
a. Role
of the President and right to return the
bill for reconsideration
b. Rajyapal
v/s Speaker: Context Arunachal crisis
and SC’s Judgement: Ref.
c.
Anti-defection law and role of speaker
d. Ordinance
debate
Topic
Four : Comparative Study of Constitutions :
Comparison of the Indian
constitutional scheme with that of other countries
1. American
presidential election
2. Nepal’s
New constitution vis a vis Indian constitution
Topic
Five :various Organs of Government:
Parliament and State Legislatures -
structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers & privileges and issues
arising out of these.
Structure, organization and
functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary
1. Debate
related to parliamentary System.
2. Parliamentary
Degeneration
3. Rajyasabha
Reform: Loksabha-Rajyasabha deadlock
4. Money
bill debate: Aadhar bill
5. Debate
related to Joint Session
6. Role
of Speaker and recent debate
7. Office
of Profit
Topic
Six: Salient features of the Representation of People’s Act.
1. Election
reform:
2. Role
of money power and recent stand of EC on TN episode
3. Rajyasabha
election reform
4. joint
LokSabha-Assembly polls
5. Utility
of Panchayati raj system( Funds reduced severly)
6. Representation
of women in democratic institution
Topic
Seven: Organisations and other Things
Ministries and Departments of the
Government; pressure groups and formal/informal associations and their role in
the Polity.
Appointment to various Constitutional
posts, powers, functions and responsibilities of various Constitutional Bodies.
Statutory, regulatory and various
quasi-judicial bodies.
1. Governor:
appointment and removal, functioning
2. SEBI(Willful
defaulter); SEBI-FMC merger, TRAI(Net
Neutrality); NHRC(Toothless tiger); Lokpal act Amended; Benami Transaction Act amended; PCA;
Topic
Eight: Public policy
Government policies and
interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of
their design and implementation.
1. Draft
of national policy on education
2. Draft
of national policy on Health
3. Draft of National Policy for Women
4. National IPR Policy
5. Draft
Rights of Transgender Persons Bill, 2015
6. PCPNDT Act, MTPA
Act
7. New
Mental Health bill
Topic
Nine: Development processes and the development industry-
The role of NGOs, SHGs, various
groups and associations, donors, charities, institutional and other
stakeholders.
Welfare schemes for vulnerable
sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of
these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the
protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections.
Issues relating to development and
management of Social Sector or Services relating to Health, Education, Human
Resources.
Issues relating to poverty and
hunger.
1. NGO
Debate
2. Reservation(Jat,
Patel) in Private Sector
3. Revamping
MCI,NEET, UGC
4. Stand
up ; Start Up; Rurban Mission, and other
such big schemes
5. National
Commission for Minorities
6. National
Commission for SC’s: Dalit’s Exploitation.
7. NADA and its Credibility: Doping Episode
Topic
Ten: Governance:
Important aspects of governance,
transparency and accountability, e-governance- applications, models, successes,
limitations, and potential; citizens charters, transparency &
accountability and institutional and other measures.
Role of civil services in a
democracy.
1. Time
bound public grievance redressal
2. Restructuring
BCCI; Issues with various Sports body
3.
Defence procurement policy(Agusta wasteland
deal)
Misc:
1. Criminal
defamation upheld (Sec 499 and 500)
2. Privacy
and security debate: Aadhaar as well as
Sec 69 of IT Act
3. Sec
377- Homosexuality
4. Sec
124A- Sedition
5. Sec
436 Under trial Prisoners
