Polity & Governance (Governance (Mains))
Subjects
- Indian Polity And Governance (Prelims)
- Features Of Indian Polity & Constitution (Mains)
- Executive, Judiciary, Legislature (Mains)
- Governance (Mains)
- Contemporary Issues: Features of Indian Polity & Constitution (Mains)
- Contemporary Issues: (Executive, Judiciary, Legislature) (Mains)
- Constitutional/Non-Constitutional Bodies
- Contemporary Issues: Governance (Mains)
UPSC Syllabus
- Pressure groups and formal/informal associations and their role in the Polity
- Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation
- Development processes and the development industry the role of NGOs, SHGs, various groups and associations, donors, charities, institutional and other stakeholders
- Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability
- E-governance-applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential
- Citizens Charters, transparency & accountability and institutional and other measures
- Role of civil services in a democracy
- Appointment to various Constitutional posts, powers, functions and responsibilities of various Constitutional Bodies
- Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies
Governance
- Concept of Good Governance
- Issues Concerning Governance
- Right Based Approach in Policy Making
- Public Policy Making and Policy Implementation
- How to Establish Good Governance
Transparency & Accountability
- Right to Information
- Information sharing and transparency in government
- RTI and Official Secret Act: Who’s winning and why Judiciary wants to remain isolated
- Citizen’s Charters
- Benefits of Citizen Charter
- Citizen Charter in India: An Evaluation
- Problems Faced in Implementing the Charters
- Steps to improve Citizen Charters
- Indian Approach to Citizen Charter: Sevottam Model
- Administrative Reforms Commission’s Seven Step Model for Citizen Centricity
- Right to Service
- Extent of regulations and openness of media and social networking sites
- K. Visanathan Committee On Hate Speech
- Role of MEDIA in bringing Transparency and Accountability
- Social Media and Accountability
- E-Governance
- Role of E-Governance in bringing Transparency and Accountability
- Major E-Governance Projects and challenges in their implementation
- Role of civil services in a democracy
- Linkage of Civil Services and Democracy
- Debate on Lateral Entry in Civil Services
- Relation between Civil Servants and Political Executives
- Performance Appraisal System in Bureaucracy
- Reforms Needed In Indian Bureaucracy
- Codes of Ethics and Code of Conduct
- Paid news abuse by social media a poll menace
- Model code of conduct
- Utilization of Public funds
- Significance of Public Accounts Committee
- Challenges of corruption and incompetence
Regulatory Structure and Governance Reforms
- Functions and responsibilities of various Bodies
- Analysis of Autonomy and functioning of CAG, CBI, CVC and NHRC
- Lokpal and rise of Ombudsman era: a critical evaluation of journey traveled so far
- State and operational effectiveness of Local governments in India
- Corporate Governance in India - Why is it so critical
- Police Reforms in India
- Curb On VIP Culture
- Prison Reforms in India
- Improving Governance In Public Systems
Development Processes And The Development Industry
- Role of Self Help Group in Development
- Shortcomings and Recommendations to Improve Self Help Group
- Role and functions of NGOs in the Development
- Challenges Faced by NGOs in India
- Issue of Fund Mismanagement
- Role of Microfinance Institutions in Development Process
- Issues Related to Microfinance Institutions and Recommendations
- Role of Foreign aid in Development
- The role and function of pressure groups in India
- Changing Pattern of Pressure Group Politics in India
Socio-Economic Development
- Concept of Human Development
- Economic Growth and Human Development: Two-Way Link
- Measurement of Human Development
- Understanding Poverty
- Dimensions of Poverty
- Linkage between Poverty and Development
- Recommendations of Rangarajan Committee Report
- Poverty Alleviation Strategy Since Independence
- Programmes for Poverty Alleviation
- Concept of Inequality
- World Inequality Report 2018: Findings of the Report
- Income Inequality in India
- Recommendations to Reduce Inequality
- HUNGER
- Manifestations of Hunger and its causes
- Challenges to Food Security
- Global Hunger Index Report, 2018
- Recommendations
- Institutional Measures for Welfare of Vulnerable Sections
- Issues Related to the Weaker Sections & Vulnerable groups in India
- Constitutional Provisions for the Welfare of Society
- Institutional Measures for the Welfare of the Society
- Issues with the Institutional Mechanisms
- HEALTH
- Public Health System of India
- Shortcomings of the Healthcare Sector
- Urgency of achieving Universal Health Coverage
- Evaluation of SWACHH BHARAT MISSION
- Global Nutrition Report 2018
- Initiatives Taken In Health Sector : Ayushman Bharat
- National Health Policy
- EDUCATION
- Challenges of Education sector in India
- Right to Education and Challenges to EWS Children
- Initiatives by Government
Role of Civil Services in a Democracy
- Concept of civil services
- Need for civil services
- Different role of civil services
- Law making
- Policy formulation
- Policy implementation
- Policy evaluation
- Civil services as protector of democracy
- To protect minorities (religious and linguistic)
- To promote Inclusive and sustainable
growth - Various Reforms in Civil Services
Pressure groups and formal/informal associations and their role in the Polity
- What are pressure groups?
- Types of pressure groups
- Significance of pressure groups in India
- Differentiate between a pressure group and a political party
- Evaluation of pressure groups role
Appointment to various Constitutional posts, powers, functions and responsibilities of various Constitutional Bodies
- Appointment of CAG (procedure of appointment)- composition of CAG
- Functions and responsibilities of CAG
- Powers and privileges of CAG (provided by constitution and different Acts of Parliament.)
- Appointment of ECI (procedure of appointment)- composition of ECI
- Functions and responsibilities of ECI
- Powers and privileges of ECI (provided by constitution and different ACTs of Parliament)
- Appointment to UPSC (procedure of appointment)- composition of UPSC
- Functions and responsibilities of UPSC
- Powers and privileges of UPSC (provided by constitution and different ACTs of Parliament.)
- Appointment to Finance commission (procedure of appointment)- composition of Finance commission
- Functions and responsibilities of Finance commission
- Powers and privileges of Finance commission (provided by constitution and different ACTs of Parliament.)
- National commission for SCs and STs.
Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies
- SEBI, CVC, CBI, Planning Commission NDC, PMO
- TRAI, IRDA
- National Human Rights Commission
- State Human Rights Commission
- Central Information Commission
- State Information Commission
- National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission
- Medical Council of India
- Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority
- Biodiversity Authority of India
- Press Council of India
- Forward Markets Commission
- Inland Waterways Authority of India
- Role of CAG
- 14th Finance Commission: Analysis
- 7th Pay Commission Report and Repercussions
- AFSPA and Second ARC
- Inter-State River Water Dispute: Cauvery dispute
- Role of Niti Aayog
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