General Studies II

Representation of People’s Act: salient features

Representation of People’s Act: salient features

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

• Lok Sabha Elections
• State Assembly Elections
• Campaign Finance Reforms
• Election Laws (Amendment) Bill
• Electoral Reforms

• Supreme Court ruling on electoral roll revision and welfare benefits linkage 8/10
• High Court petition challenging Rajya Sabha election nomination rejection in MP 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
• 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