General Studies II

Executive and Judiciary

Executive and Judiciary: organization and functioning, Ministries, Departments, pressure groups, formal/informal associations

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• Chief Ministers
• Judiciary Heads
• President
• Prime Minister
• Social Activists
• Union Ministers
• Cabinet Secretariat
• Central Secretariat
• Chief Minister & Council of Ministers
• Criminal Justice System
• Executive
• Judiciary
• Ministries (e.g., Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Home Affairs)
• Prime Minister's Office

• Judges Inquiry Act proceedings against former High Court judge Yashwant Varma 8/10
• Supreme Court order on government supervision of Kerala Waqf Board 7/10
• Allahabad High Court split verdict on bulldozer demolitions 6/10
• Protests over NEET paper leak and Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) agitation 6/10

• Indian Constitution 01
• Union and States 02
• Separation of powers: dispute redressal mechanisms and institutions 03
• Comparison of Indian constitutional scheme with other countries 04
• Parliament and State legislatures 05
• Representation of People’s Act: salient features 07
• Constitutional posts 08
• Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies 09
• Government policies and interventions 10
• Development processes and industry 11
• Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections 12
• Social Sector/Services: health, education, human resources 13
• Poverty and hunger: issues and management 14
• Governance 15
• Role of civil services in democracy 16
• India and its neighborhood: relations 17
• Bilateral, regional, global groupings and agreements: impact on India 18
• Policies and politics of developed and developing countries 19
• International institutions, agencies, fora: structure, mandate 20