General Studies II

Indian Constitution

Indian Constitution: historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, provisions, basic structure

Standard text. Learned once from the standard text and rarely rewritten by the news.

• Adultery Law
• Article 370
• CAA
• Right to Privacy
• Sabarimala Case
• Section 377
• 7th Schedule of the Constitution
• Affirmative Action
• Article 370 & 35A
• Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)
• Minority Rights
• National Population Register (NPR)
• National Register of Citizens (NRC)
• Reservations
• Women's Reservation

• Judges Inquiry Act proceedings against former High Court judge Yashwant Varma 8/10
• Supreme Court hearing on Shiv Sena (UBT) plea against Lok Sabha MPs merger 8/10
• Passage of the Uniform Civil Code Bill in Madhya Pradesh Assembly 8/10
• Supreme Court notice on appeal process for Assam NRC excluded persons 7/10
• Protests over NEET paper leak and Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) agitation 6/10
• Recusal of Supreme Court judge in Surendra Gadling bail plea 4/10
• Supreme Court acquittal in 1996 Samleti bus blast case 4/10

• 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
• 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