Indian Polity

Company rule, Crown rule, Constituent Assembly, drafting and enactment of the Constitution.

Meaning, nature, sources, features and basic structure of the Indian Constitution.

Preamble, Union and its territory, state reorganisation and citizenship.

Article 12 to 35, rights, restrictions, writs and constitutional remedies.

Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental Duties.

Article 368, amendment procedure, important amendments and basic structure doctrine.

Parliamentary system, federal features, unitary features and cooperative federalism.

President, Vice-President, Prime Minister, Council of Ministers and Attorney General.

Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, Speaker, bills, budget and parliamentary committees.

Supreme Court, High Courts, judicial review, PIL, writ jurisdiction and tribunals.

Governor, Chief Minister, State Council of Ministers and State Legislature.

Panchayati Raj, Municipalities, 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments.

Legislative, administrative and financial relations between Centre and States.

National Emergency, President Rule and Financial Emergency.

Election Commission, UPSC, Finance Commission, CAG and other constitutional bodies.

NHRC, CIC, CVC, Lokpal, NITI Aayog and other bodies.

Election process, political parties, anti-defection, RTI, accountability and governance.

Rights issues, welfare, vulnerable sections and state-specific polity.