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Panchayats and Municipalities

rawan239
March 14, 2019
Categories: Part II Constitution, Part II Public Administration

Panchayats and Municipalities Panchayats Village Panchayat In the structure of the Panchayati Raj, the Village Panchayat is the lowest unit. There is a Panchayat for each village or a group of villages in case the population of these villages happens to be too small. The Panchayat chiefly consists of representatives elected by the people of the village. Only the persons who are registered as voters and do not hold any office of profit under the government are eligible for election to the Panchayat. The persons convicted by the court for criminal offences are disqualified from election of the Panchayat. There ... Read more

Judicial Activism

rawan239
March 14, 2019
Categories: Part II Constitution

Judicial Activism Judicial activism, an approach to the exercise of judicial review, or a description of a particular judicial decision, in which a judge is generally considered more willing to decide constitutional issues and to invalidate legislative or executive actions. Although debates over the proper role of the judiciary date to the founding of the American republic, the phrase judicial activism appears to have been coined by the American historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., in a 1947 article in Fortune. Although the term is used quite frequently in describing a judicial decision or philosophy, its use can cause confusion, because ... Read more

Chhattisgarh Public Service Commissions

The Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission was Constituted under the provisions of the Article 315 of the Constitution of India by the Governor of Chhattisgarh vide Notification . Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission (CGPSC ) was established with the aim of making a commission fully responsible for making the recruitment for the government posts in the state. The main objective of the Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission (CGPSC ) is to conduct written competitive examination and also the interviews for the selections of the candidates for any government posts in the state Consequent on the reorganization of States on 1st November 1956, eight ... Read more

Union Public Service Commissions

rawan239
February 25, 2018
Categories: CGPSC Polity, Part II Constitution
Tags: AD, Article, candidates, CIP, Commission, Constitution, Exercise, government, Government of India, India, ISA, method, missions, performed, Plain, provisions, public service commission, report, Rs, RU, scheme, ssa, State Public Service Commission, states, STs, Supreme Court, The Commission, The government, the Government of India, The Governor, the state, The Union

Union Public Service Commissions Public Service Commissions for the Union as per Article-315 Subject to the provisions of this article, there shall be a Public Service Commission for the Union Any such law as aforesaid may contain such incidental and consequential provisions as may be necessary or desirable for giving effect to the purposes of the law. The Public Service Commission for the Union, if requested so to do by the Governor of a State, may, with the approval of the President, agree to serve all or any of the needs of the State. References in this Constitution to the ... Read more

Nature of Indian Constitution

rawan239
February 25, 2018
Categories: CGPSC Polity, Education, Part II Constitution, SCIENCE, Security
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Nature of Constitution The Modern State is considered to be a state for the welfare of the people. It is therefore, suggested that it should have a government of a particular form with appropriate powers and functions. The document containing laws and rules which determine and describe the form of the government, the relationship between the citizens and the government, is called a Constitution. As such a constitution is concerned with two main aspects the relation between the different levels of government and between the government and the citizens. A constitution is the basic fundamental law of a State. It ... Read more

Attorney General of India

rawan239
February 25, 2018
Categories: CGPSC Polity, July 2017, Part II Constitution
Tags: AD, Article, Constitution, Council of Ministers, government, Government of India, High Court, India, Jawaharlal Nehru, Narendra Modi, NITI, Rajiv Gandhi, Rs, RU, ssa, Supreme Court, the Constitution, The government, the Government of India

Attorney General of India Constitutional of Attorney General Article 76 The President shall appoint a person who is qualified to be appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court to be Attorney-General for India. It shall be the duty of the Attorney-General to give advice to the Government of India upon such legal matters, and to perform such other duties of a legal character, as may from time to time be referred or assigned to him by the President, and to discharge the functions conferred on him by or under this Constitution or any other law for the time being in ... Read more

All India Services

rawan239
February 25, 2018
Categories: CGPSC Polity, Environment, Health, Part II Constitution
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All India Services The Design of the Civil Service at Independence While designing a successor civil service, the Indian political leaders chose to retain elements of the British structure of a unified administrative system such as an open-entry system based on academic achievements, elaborate training arrangements, permanency of tenure, important posts at Union, State and district levels reserved for the civil service, a regular graduated scale of pay with pension and other benefits and a system of promotions and transfers based predominantly on seniority. The civil services in India can be grouped into three broad categories. Services whose members serve ... Read more

Advocate General of State

rawan239
February 25, 2018
Categories: CGPSC Polity, Part II Constitution
Tags: AD, admin, administration, Administrative Tribunal, Article, Bangalore, CIP, Commission, Constitution, Constitution of India, Council of Ministers, government, High Court, High Courts, India, Karnataka, national, NITI, Rs, RU, ssa, State Government, State Legislature, Supreme Court, the Constitution, The government, The Governor, the state, The State Government

Advocate General of State The Advocate General of a State is a Constitutional post and authority duly appointed as per Article 165 of the Constitution of India. The authority and function of Advocate General is also specified in the Constitution of India under Article 165 and 177. Article 165: Advocate General for the State The Governor of each State shall appoint a person who is qualified to be appointed as a Judge of a High Court to be Advocate General for the State. It shall be the duty of the Advocate General to give advice to the Government of concerned ... Read more

Public Interest Litigation

rawan239
December 10, 2017
Categories: Part II Constitution, Polity for Prelims and Mains Exam
Tags: court of law, Indian Constitution, locus standi, Public Interest, Public interest Litigation, social action group, social action groups

“Public interest Litigation”,is a litigation filed in a court of law, for the protection of “Public Interest” , such as pollution, Terrorism, Road safety, constructional hazards etc. Article 32 of the Indian Constitution contains the tool which directly joins the public with the judiciary. Public Interest Litigation is not mentioned in any constitution or a law of the land. It has been interpreted by judges to consider the intent of public at large. The origin and evolution of Public Interest Litigation in India emanated from realization of constitutional obligation by the Judiciary towards the vast sections of the society – ... Read more

Centre-State Relationship:Administrative, Legislative and Financial

rawan239
December 9, 2017
Categories: CGPSC Polity, Education, Part II Constitution, Security
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The Indian constitution provides for a federal framework with powers (legislative ,executive and financial) divided between the center and the states. However, there is no division of judicial power as the constitution has established an integrated judicial system to enforce both the central laws as well as state law. The Indian federation is not the result of an agreement between independent units, and the units of Indian federation cannot leave the federation.Thus the constitution contains elaborate provisions to regulate the various dimensions of the relations between the centre and the states. To understand the topic first we must understand the ... Read more