Indian Polity and Constitution

Eligibility criteria: Prime minister: Must be a citizen of India. He must be prima facie a member of either  Lok Sabha or the Rajya sabha. When a person is appointed as the prime minister of India and he is neither member of Rajya sabha or Lok sabha. In that case, he should become a member […]

The state, like the center in India, has a limited government structure. The governor is the state’s head, and he has executive authority over the state. The governor is appointed with the consideration of the president of India and serves at the president’s pleasure. A governor can be appointed by any Indian citizen over the

If you have a fundamental understanding of the Indian Polity and Constitution, you should be aware that the Indian Constitution’s makers adopted a federal system when drafting it. They suggested that the executive branch be divided into two parts: one for the state and the other for the nation. In this article, you will learn

Indians first saw a stable form of democracy when the British Raj established the Indian Councils Act 1861, which created provincial and Imperial legislative councils. The purpose of this council was to share power between the colonial master and the colonial subjects, but it was not fully democratic. The council had no elected members. Instead,

The “emergency powers” have been provided to the “President of India” where any type of threat is provided to the securities of the county. The harm that will be given to the Indian states then the president will be imposing the emergency in the Indian constitution. This has been formulated with the condition of war

The Election Commission of India is an autonomic responsible constitutional authority of India. It is under the ownership of the “Ministry of law and justice”. It provides the power, control, and direction of elections. The ECI ensures free and fair elections all over the country. This commission mainly holds the elections of the Lok Sabha

Finance Commission is a quasi-judicial body under Article 280 of the Constitution of India. The President of India constitutes the Finance Commission every fifth year or earlier as he deems fit. The Finance Commission states the financial relations between the Center and the state governments. The first Finance Commission was formed in 1951 under the

Rules and frameworks go a long way in making sure that an organisation, country or entity remains under a watchful set of rules and norms. If the rules to run a country were not penned down, then the country could have been in a state of anarchy or monarchy.  Therefore, building a framework of rules

Delimitation Commission of India has been responsible for creating and maintaining boundaries of various Lok Sabha constituencies and assemblies based on recent census. This Commission has been seen to be appointed by the president of India and has also been seen to be working with Election Commission of India. This Commission body is independent and

The Indian Constitution prescribes the formation of the constitutional authorities. Its functions and responsibilities are in the hand of the Constitution itself. The constitutional authorities -functions and responsibilities cannot be changed by any regular, private, or government bill but only by passing a constitutional amendment bill. There are various bodies under the Constitution of India,