- Sources of Constitution
- Preamble of Indian Constitution
- Union and it’s territory (+ demand for smaller states and Gorkhaland Issue)
- Citizenship
- Fundamental Rights
- Introduction to Fundamental Rights
- Article 12 , 13 and Judicial Review
- Right to Equality (Article 14 to 18) and associated topics like reservation, Upper Caste Reservation (103 Constitutional Amendment) etc
- Right to Freedom (Article 19 to 22) and associated topics like Right to privacy, Euthanasia, Criminal defamation, Preventive Detention etc.
- Right against Exploitation (Article 23 to 24) and associated topics like Preventive Detention and Child Labour Prohibition .
- Right to Freedom of Religion (Article 25 to 28) and associated topics like Doctrine of Essential Practices, Right to convert and Issue of Women entry in temples
- Cultural and Educational Rights (Article 29 to 30) and associated topics like Minority status of AMU and Whether Sikhs are minority in Punjab, Muslims are minority in J&K and Christians are minority in Meghalaya and Nagaland
- Article 31 to 35A – Right to Constitutional Remedies , Writs and Issue of Article 35A
- Directive Principles of State Policy
- Fundamental Duties
- President of India
- Vice President
- Prime Minister
- Council of Ministers
- Parliament
- Parliament -it’s composition, delimitation process, membership and vacating the seat.
- Presiding Officers and Leaders in Parliament
- Sessions of Parliament and Parliamentary Proceedings and associated topics like low number of Parliamentary sittings and disruptions in Parliament
- Legislative Procedure in Parliament – Ordinary Bill, Money Bill , Finance Bill and Budget
- Subordinate Legislation
- Steps to make Parliament more effective
- Parliamentary Privileges & Contempt of House
- Various Debates and Analysis (Mains only)
- Parliamentary Committees
- Cabinet Committees
- Governor – appointment, qualification, removal , terms of service, various powers and issue of Governors working in partisan ways.
- Chief Minister – appointment, terms of service, powers etc.
- Council of Ministers of States
- State Legislatures – Difference between Legislative Assembly and Council, their composition, powers, functions, legislative procedures and difference of State Legislature with Parliament
- Judiciary
- Supreme Court – composition, jurisdiction, powers , Special Leave Petition, Court of Record and Contempt of Court.
- High Courts – composition, jurisdiction, terms of condition of High Court judges etc
- Subordinate Courts
- Alternate Dispute Resolution and Lok Adalats
- Various Debates and Analysis topics related to Judiciary
- Judicial Activism
- Public Interest Litigation
- Judicial Backlogs
- Issue of All India Judicial Services
- Should Supreme Court be under the ambit of Right to Information (RTI)
- Tribunals and Tribunalization of Justice
- Emergency Provisions
- Amendment of Constitution and Doctrine of Basic Structure
- Local Government
- Center-State Relations
- Inter-state Relations –
- Union Territories
- Scheduled Areas & Tribal Areas
- Special Provisions for some states
- Constitutional Bodies
- Election Commission
- Union Public Service Commission
- State Public Service Commission
- Finance Commission
- National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC)
- National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST)
- National Commission for Socially & Educationally Backward Classes (NCSEBC)
- Special Officer for Linguistic Minorities
- Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)
- Attorney General of India
- Advocate General of State
- Statutory Bodies
- Salient Features of the Representation of People’s Act.
- Salient Features of the Representation of People’s Act
- Political Parties and debate that should political parties come under ambit of RTI
- Anti-Defection Law
- Model Code of Conduct
- First Past the Post System and Proportional Representation System
- Issue : Education as Qualification for contesting votes
- Issue : Elections to Legislative Assembly & Lok Sabha at same time
- Miscellaneous Topics
- Co – Operative Societies
- Official Language of India
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