General Studies II

Governance

Governance: transparency, accountability, e-governance, citizens charters, transparency, accountability measures

Reading pays off. Part standard text, part current affairs.

• Corruption Perceptions Index
• Data Protection Bill
• Census 2021
• Central Vigilance Commission (CVC)
• Citizen's Charter
• Digital India Mission
• Digital Literacy
• E-governance
• Lokpal and Lokayuktas
• Right to Information Act (RTI)

• Protests over NEET paper leak and Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) agitation 6/10
• Delhi government digitisation drive for Lal Dora property records 6/10
• Presentation schedule for Tamil Nadu Assembly Budget 2026-27 5/10

• 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
• Executive and Judiciary 06
• 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
• 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