Indian Government and Politics

Salient Features of the Indian Government and Politics भारतीय शासन एवं राजनीति Book

• The revised and updated 19^th enlarged 2024 edition of the book ‘Indian Government and Politics’ is released with great pleasure.
• The highlights of the book include the key elements that influence the working of Indian Government with its Constitutional. Provisions ‘and practical aspects. These include Constitution, working of the Central and State Governments, major Constitutional Institutions, contemporary issues, practice of our federalism and thorough political process.
• The book -critically examines the dynamics of federalism and Centre-State relations with _.special reference to the recommendations of the Sarkaria. ComMission and M. M. Punchi Commission report,
• The book gives due emphasis to the Philosophy of the Constitution and includes topics like Doctrine of basic structure; Secularism; Directive Principles of State Policy, Right to Property – from fundamental to legal right.
• The book incorporates all the amendments upto and including the Constitution (105t^h Amendment) Act, 2022.
• The topics on the President; Prime Minister; Governor; Judicial Review; Judicial Activism in India and the Chief Minister are discussed with special reference to the relevant and recent cases.
• Some of the core chapters of the book are – Minority Politics in India; Electoral Reforms in India; Crime and Politics: The Nexus, Defection Politics in India; Coalition Politics in India; Abrogation of Article 370; Seventeenth Lok Sabha Elections (2019); Strengthwise Party Position in the Rajya Sabha as per election held on June 10^th, 2022 and Emerging Political Trends and the Case for Presidential System.
• The book has_. been written in a simple and lucid style. The facts have been carefully collected and analysed so as to serve the needs of the University students and also students appearing for Civil Services Examinations.
• Factual, objective and analytical, the book is highly readable. At once comprehensive and concise, it fulfills a long felt need for a handy but authoritative study of India’s governmental and political

Indian Government and Politics भारतीय शासन एवं राजनीति Book Contents

Overview of Indian Political System

1. The Historical Context : Nature of the British Colonial Rule in India
2. Struggle for India’s Freedom : Characteristics of the Indian Freedom Movement
3. Constitutional Developments of India
4. Approaches to the Study of Indian Politics
5. The Constituent Assembly of India : Perceptions of the Indian Polity
6. Salient Features of the Indian Constitution
7. The Preamble : Approach to Liberty, Equality and Justice
8. Secularism : The Soul of the Constitution
9. The Fundamental Rights : Charter of Political and Civil Liberties
10. Directive Principles of State Policy : Manifesto of Aims and Objectives
11. Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles of State Policy : Possibility of Conflict
12. Fundamental Duties
13. Right to Property : From Fundamental to Legal Right
14. The Indian Constitution : Doctrine of Basic Structure
15. Constitutional Amendments : Socio-Political Implications
16. Nature of the Indian State
17. The Indian Federal System : Structure and Processes
18. Centre-State Legislative Relations : An Overview
19. Centre-State Administrative Relations : An Overview
20. Centre-State Financial Relations : An Overview
21. Politics of President’s Rule in the States
22. Over-Centralisation : A Plea for State Autonomy
23. Centre-State Relations : Areas of Conflict
24. The Indian Parliament : Role and Functioning
25. Office of the President : Election Method and Politics of Selection
26. Powers and Position of the President
27. The Prime Minister : Office and Powers
28. The Union Council of Ministers
29. The Supreme Court of India : Organization and Powers
30. Judiciary and Democratic Process : Context of Judicial Review in India
31. Judiciary and Democratic Process : Context of Judicial Activism in India
32. State Politics in India : A Framework
33. Evolution of States in India
34. The Office of the Governor : Mode of Selection and Removal
35. The Role of Governor in State Politics
36. The Chief Minister and the Council of Ministers in State Politics
37. The State Legislature
38. The High Courts
39. Panchayati Raj System in India
40. Nature of the Indian Party System
41. The Party System in India : National Parties
42. The Party System in India : Role of Regional and State Parties
43. Pressure Groups in Indian Politics
44. The Election Commission : Organisation, Functions and Role
45. Electoral Reforms in India
46. Strategy of Development in India
47. India’s Experiment with Coalition Governments at the Federal Level
48. Crime and Politics : The Nexus
49. Communalism in Indian Politics
50. Caste and Indian Politics
51. Language Politics in India
52. Regionalism in Indian Politics
53. Special Status of Jammu & Kashmir : Article 370 and its Abrogation
54. Women’s Political Participation in India : An Agenda for Empowerment