State Legislature

CONSITITONAL PROVISIONS FOR Scheduled Tribes

CONSITITONAL PROVISIONS FOR SC & ST Constitutional History In the original Constitution, Article 338 provided for a special officer (the Commissioner for SCs and STs) responsible for monitoring the implementation of constitutional and legislative safeguards for SCs and STs and reporting to the president. Seventeen regional offices of the Commissioner were established throughout the country. There was an initiative to replace the Commissioner with a committee in the 48th Amendment to the Constitution, changing Article 338. While the amendment was being debated, the Ministry of Welfare established the first committee for SCs and STs (with the functions of the Commissioner) ... Read more

Nature of Indian Constitution

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

All India Services

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

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

Official Language- Language of the Union and Regional Languages

Official Language- Language of the Union and Regional Languages PART XVII OFFICIAL LANGUAGE CHAPTER I.-LANGUAGE OF THE UNION Official language of the Union. Commission and Committee of Parliament on official language. CHAPTER II.-REGIONAL LANGUAGES Official language or languages of a State. Official language for communication between one State and another or between a State and the Union. Special provision relating to language spoken by a section of the population of State. CHAPTER III.-LANGUAGE OF THE SUPREME COURT,HIGHCOURTS, ETC. Language to be used in the supreme Court and in the High Courts and for Acts, Bills, etc. Special procedure for enactment ... Read more

07-08.01.18 Chhattisgarh (CGPCS) Current Affairs

CHHATTISGARH Cm’s son launches ‘adopt a block’, ‘adopt a village’ programme   In a first of its kind initiative, Chhattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) Abhishek Singh– son of Chief Minister Raman Singh launched ‘Adopt a Block’ and ‘Adopt a Village’ program and welcomed corporate companies to collaborate with the local administrations on various socio-economic development projects.   He was addressing CSR Partnership Roundtable at Constitution Club in New Delhi.   More than 40 CSR heads of leading corporate such as LG Electronics, Airtel, HCL Technologies, Jindal Power, Wockhardt Foundation, IDFC Bank, Jubilant Life Sciences, Vedanta – Bharat ... Read more

Panchayati raj of Chhattisgarh

Panchayati raj of Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh has approximately 9,820 Gram Panchayats at the village level, 146 Janpad Panchayat at the intermediate (block) level and 16 Zila Panchayat at the district level, Additionally, there is the Gram Sabha, which is the basic unit in the Panchayati Raj mechanism. Panchayats have been the backbone of the Indian villages since the beginning of recorded history. Gandhiji, the father of the nation, in 1946 had aptly remarked that the Indian Independence must begin at the bottom and every village ought to be a Republic or Panchayat having powers. Gandhiji’s dream has been translated into reality ... Read more

Administrative System of Chhattisgarh

Administrative System of Chhattisgarh The head of state of Chhattisgarh is the Governor, appointed by the President of India on the advice of the Central government. His or her post is largely ceremonial. The Chief Minister is the head of government and is vested with most of the executive powers. Raipur is the capital of Chhattisgarh, and houses the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) and the secretariat. The Chhattisgarh High Court, located Bilaspur, has jurisdiction over the whole state The Constitution has divided the country‘s administration into two spheres, administration of the Union, that is, national and of the States. ... Read more