Indian government and politics / by K. K. Ghai

Includes appendix and question bank

Constitutional Development in India Indian National Movement Legacies of the Indian Political System Framing of the constitution of India: the Constitution assembly Constitution of India Part III of the Constitution: fundamental right Part IV of the constitution: directive principles of state policy Fundamental duties India: a Union of states Nature of India as a federal state: Unitarian federalism Relations between the union and states The president of India Union council of ministers & the Prime Minister Indian administration Union parliament: the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha Administration of union territories Indian Judiciary The state government: the governor State legislature: state legislative assembly and state legislative council Method of amendment of the constitution of India and its basic structure Commissions and principal functionaries Human rights protection, National and State Human rights commissions Local self-government in India: Rural and Urban Indian party system Major national political parties: congress, BJP, CPI, CPM and BSP Regional political parties in India Interest groups and pressure groups in India Political defections Election system and election machinery The issue of electoral reforms Coalition politics in India Indian democracy: issue of language or language politics in India Indian democracy: challenge of social and economic inequalities Indian democracy: challenge of casteism and communalism Indian democracy: challenge of regionalism, regional imbalances, separatism, violence, terrorism Social justice and reservations National building and national integration Parliamentary democracy in India: