PSIR 1B: Index - Politics for India

1] Indian Nationalism: ___A] Political Strategies of India’s Freedom Struggle : Constitutionalism to mass Satyagraha, Non- cooperation, Civil Disobedience; Militant and Revolutionary Movements, Peasant and Workers Movements ___B] Perspectives on Indian National Movement; Liberal, Socialist and Marxist; Radical Humanist and Dalit

Indian Nationalism: Strategies & Perspectives

2] Making of the Indian Constitution : Legacies of the British rule; Different social and political perspectives

Legacy of British rule & making of Indian constitution

3] Salient Features of the Indian Constitution :

1) The Preamble
2) Uniform Civil Code
3) Fundamental Rights, Duties & Directive Principle of State Policy
4) Parliamentary System & Amendment Procedures
5) Judicial Review & Basic Structure doctrine

4] ___4A] Principal Organs of the Union Government : Envisaged role and actual working of the Executive, Legislature and Supreme Court ___4B] Principal Organs of the State Government : Envisaged role and actual working of the Executive, Legislature and High Courts

1) Legislature
2) Judiciary
3) Executive

5] Grassroots Democracy : Panchayati Raj and Municipal Government; Significance of 73rd and 74th Amendments; Grassroot movements

1) Panchayati Raj and Municipal Government
2) Grassroot Movement

6] Statutory Institutions/Commissions :

1) Election Commission & Election Issues
2) Comptroller and Auditor General
3) Finance Commission
4) Union Public Service Commission
5) National Commission for Scheduled Castes
6) National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
7) National Commission for Women
8) National Human Rights Commission
9) National Commission for Minorities
10) National Backward Classes Commission

7] Federalism ___1. Constitutional provisions; ___2. Changing nature of centre-state relations; ___3. Integrationist tendencies and regional aspirations; ___4. Inter-state disputes

1) Regionalism
2) Federalism in India
3) Center State Disputes
4) Center State finance relations

8] Planning and Economic development :

1) Nehruvian and Gandhian perspectives
2) Role of planning and public sector
3) Green Revolution
4) Land reforms and agrarian relations
5) liberalisation and economic reforms

9] Caste, religion and ethnicity in Indian Politics

1) Caste, religion and ethnicity in Indian Politics
2) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh [RSS]

10] Party System :

1) National and regional political parties
2) Ideological and social bases of parties
3) Patterns of coalition politics
4) Pressure groups
5) Trends in electoral behaviour
6) Changing socio-economic profile of Legislators

11] Social Movement :

1) Civil liberties and human rights movements
2) Women’s movements
3) Environmentalist movements