Polity

Child Marriage is defined as a marriage of a girl before the age of 18 years  or boy before the age of 21 and refers to both formal marriages and informal unions in which children under the age of 18 live with a partner as if married. Child marriage affects both girls and boys, but … Read more DMPQ- What is child marriage? Why Child marriage is rampant in India?

. The right to ask questions was given for the first time to the legislators by the Act of 1892 and for asking supplementary questions in 1909. A question is a request made by a member for an oral explanation from the concerned minister. However, a notice of 10 days has to be given to … Read more DMPQ-Questions represent a very powerful technique of parliamentary control over expenditure. Justify

The imprisonment of a person with the aim of preventing them from committing further offences or of maintaining public order. The grounds for Preventive detention are: * Security of state. * Maintenance of public order. * Maintenance of supplies and essential services and defence. * Foreign affairs or security of India. Preventive detention is not … Read more DMPQ: What is Preventive detention? Do you think preventive detention is in sink with the democratic principles? (POLITY)

In India, the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, divides contempt into civil contempt and criminal contempt. Civil contempt is when a person wilfully disobeys any order of a court (a recent example of civil contempt would be Sahara Group chief Subratra Roy’s failure to obey an order by the Supreme Court to refund investors from … Read more DMPQ- What do you understand by the term contempt of court? Explain different types of contempt.

UMANG (Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance) is developed by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and National e-Governance Division (NeGD) to drive Mobile Governance in India. UMANG provides a single platform for all Indian Citizens to access pan India e-Gov services ranging from Central to Local Government bodies and other citizen centric services. … Read more DMPQ- UMANG has helped in the realization of e-Governance in true sense.Evaluate.

British colonial rule left them in gross suspicion and insecure and their ‘integration’ into Indian nation became a challenge as India had already witnessed the ill effects of policies of ‘isolation’ and ‘assimilation’ in past. So, Nehru and other leaders saw a middle path in form of integrative approach and said ‘tribal areas have to … Read more DMPQ- What were India’s challenges vis-à-vis tribal integration after independence and how government of India resolved them.

The 44th amendment to the Indian Constitution was passed after the revocation of internal emergency in 1977. It annulled many anti-democratic provisions of the 42nd amendment enacted during the emergency. It also tried to ensure that in future, an emergency would not be easily imposed, also added some features to prevent any future misuse of … Read more DMPQ: 44th Amendment Act 1978, not just reversed the distorted provisions of 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act 1976, but also inserted some safeguards for preventing the gross misuse of power. In the light of above statement, outline the important changes brought through 44th Amendment act.

  FR’s are not absolute in nature. Except Fundamental rights guaranteed under Articles 20 and 21 remaining Fundamental rights can be suspended during operation of National Emergency. Available against the arbitrary action of the state. FR’s are generally negative in character. Can be amended provided they amendment do not affect the basic structure of the … Read more DMPQ: Discuss the nature of Fundamental rights. (polity)

The features of parliamentary government in India are: Presence of nominal and real executives; Majority party rule, Collective responsibility of the executive to the legislature, Membership of the ministers in the legislature, Leadership of the prime minister or the chief minister, Dissolution of the lower House (Lok Sabha or Assembly).

The Lok Sabha, which is the highest legislative body in the country, chooses its Speaker who presides over the day to day functioning of the House.Electing the Speaker of the House is one of the first acts of newly constituted House.The office of the Speaker is a Constitutional Office. The Speaker is guided by the … Read more DMPQ- Lok sabha speaker is apolitical post but the politicisation of the post is regular affair. Comment

  Amending the Constitution to effect simultaneous elections would fundamentally alter its democratic and federal character. a disdain for the parliamentary system and the federal arrangement Logistics costs involved is very highly: Need heavy deployment of security officials and staffs Even current elections are conducted in multiple phase to dela with the varying geographical locations. … Read more DMPQ: On Papers Simultaneous elections seems good but implementation of it entails large arrays of problems. Discuss the points against conducting simultaneous elections. (Polity)

Benami transaction are one of the major source for parking the unaccounted wealth by the individuals and firms. Strong laws will help to curb the menace of benami transaction and hence the black money and eventually corruption. It was one of the step taken by the Govt. to deal with the issue of corruption.  The … Read more DMPQ: What are the significance of passing the Benami transactions( prohibition) act, 2016? ( ECONOMY)

  S.no. For Against 1. Most secular trait for reorganisation It was feared that it will spur the demand for new states,..weakening of integration process   2. Education in mother tounge -easily grasped by student It would slow down the process of emergence of a national identity 3. It will help to preserve cultural identity … Read more DMPQ: Arguments in favour and against the linguistic organisation of state.

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) provides an alternative approach to traditional process of dispute resolution through litigation. It provides accessible, useful, informal, voluntary, speedy and inexpensive justice to contesting parties. ADR mechanisms in India inter-alia include arbitration, mediation/ conciliation, Lok Adalats and Consumer Dispute Redressal system. Significance of ADR: Mediation can play a very useful role … Read more DMPQ- What do you mean by Alternative dispute resolution? What are the significance of ADR?

The bulkiest constitution of the world The Indian constitution is one of the bulkiest constitution of the world, comprising of 395 articles, 22 parts and 12 schedules. So far the constitution underwent 100 amendments. Rigidity and flexibility  The Indian constitution is combination of rigidity and flexibility, which means some parts of it can be amended … Read more DMPQ- Mention the Salient features of Indian constitution.

The status of “Right to privacy” under the Constitution has not been settled as yet in India. In fact in M.P. Sharma vs. Satish Chandra 1954, an 8-judge bench of the Supreme Court ruled that it is not a fundamental right and this decision of the Supreme Court has not been overruled by the Supreme … Read more DMPQ-Right to privacy has been elusive in India and the absence of a law specifying safeguards to privacy increases the risk of infringement of this right. This is accentuated by the myriad of sources collecting information about the citizens. Do you think there is a threat to privacy in India and to what extent can a law mitigate them?

Introduction- Prepare an intro on DPSP of 60 words Body:   1) Non justiciable 2) Unsystematic enumeration and lot of repetition. 3) Some article are reactionary like ban on cow slaughter and     ban on liquor 4) It emphasis on philosophy of socialism which is inconsistent with the contemporary era of globalisation. 5) Lack of consistency.  … Read more DMPQ: Present a critique on DPSP

  The act increased the number of additional or non-official members in the legislative councils. Hence representation was increased both in Central legislative councils and State provincial council. The members were given the right to ask the questions on budget or matters of public interest but they had to give 6 days prior notice. It … Read more DMPQ :Discuss the provisions of the government of India Act 1892. ( History)

The Delimitation commission or Boundary commission of India is a commission established by the Government of India under the provisions of the Delimitation Commission Act. The main task of the commission is redrawing the boundaries of the various assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies based on a recent census. The representation from each State is not … Read more DMPQ- What are the functions and powers of Delimitation Commission of India?

The Investigation & Anti Corruption Division (Delhi Special Police Establishment) was entrusted with the following mandate in the resolution although it continued to derive its jurisdiction and powers from DSPE Act, 1946. Cases in which public servants under the control of the Central Government are involved either by themselves or along with State Government servants … Read more DMPQ- What are the cases to be entrusted to CBI?

“Social auditing is defined as a systematic attempt to identify, analyse, measure (if possible), evaluate, and monitor the effect of an organisation’s operations on society (that is, specific social groups) and on the public well-being.”   Social audit as a term was used as far back as the 1950s. In a nutshell, it refers to … Read more DMPQ- What is Social Audit?

Article 123 of the Constitution grants the President certain law-making powers to promulgate ordinances during the recess of Parliament. These ordinances have the same force and effect as an Act of Parliament but are in the nature of temporary laws.  Similarly power is given under article 213 to governor of states. Issues associated with the … Read more DMPQ: Ordinance making power is an emergency power but in Indian constitutional history this power has been surrounded with issues. Explain the issue involved with ordinance making power.

It is a central sector scheme formulated in September 2013 for containing population decline of Parsis in India. Need of the Scheme: Population of Parsi community in India declined from 114,890 in 1941 to 57,624 as per Census 2011, thus declining by almost 50% in last 60 years. Objective of Scheme: To target an increase … Read more DMPQ- What are the main features of Jiyo Parsi Scheme?

DPSP are enumerated in part IV of the constitution under article 36 -51. Objective of DPSP is to create welfare state where social and economic democracy is achieved through legitimate ways. They are non-enforceable in nature i.e. one cannot go to court for their non implementation. Since independence government through statute or constitutional amendments have … Read more Explain the nature of DPSP? What are the difficulties to implement the DPSP?

Epidemic Disease Act, 1897: This colonial Act was enacted by the British, for the first time in the then state of Bombay during the Bubonic Plague. It is a state government Act. The Act strives to protect the common citizens in a particular area during the outbreak of an epidemic or a dangerous disease. The … Read more DMPQ- Write down the salient features of the epidemic disease act.

The Constituent Assembly was constituted in November 1946 under the scheme formulated by the Cabinet Mission Plan. The features of the scheme were: The total strength of the Constituent Assembly was to be 389. Of these, 296 seats were to be allotted to British India and 93 seats to the Princely States. Out of 296 … Read more DMPQ- Comment on the composition of constituent assembly and critically evaluate the role of constituent assembly.

:  with the increase in the feminisation of work force there is a need to give major attention to women farmers. As empowerment will help to amplify their position in social fabric.  The inequality in the land holding pattern can be gauged from the following statistic that only 12.8% of the total operational land holding … Read more DMPQ: Discuss the steps taken by government of India for the upliftment of women farmers. (economy)

Supreme Court of India launched a public access portal of the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) for district courts to demystify the judicial process for the ordinary citizen.   National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) is a part of the on-going e-Courts Integrated Mission Mode Project. The public access portal will disseminate national, state, district and … Read more DMPQ: National Judicial data grid

  Sluggish peace of work Shoddy implementation Corruption of the executive agencies Deficient institutional management Siphoning of funds Defalcation by intermediaries and middlemen Procedural wrangles Non utilisation and diversion of funds Ritualistic monitoring of programme Indifference towards community mobilisation Delayed payment of wages Fake or ghost jobs Targeted beneficiaries are not even aware about the … Read more DMPQ: NREGA had been projected as the world largest public works project for the generation of jobs. The scheme was well intentioned but had its own set of problems. Discuss the issues with NREGA. ( Scheme evaluation)

Constitution is a body or a document which consists of certain fundamental rules and principles that all persons in a country can agree upon as the basis of the way in which they want the country to be governed. Indian constitution was formulated to achieve a socialist, secular, democratic and a successful country.  The timeline … Read more DMPQ: Constitution is the most sacrosanct document. Trace the outline of the framing of Indian constitution.

EI is the ability to understand and regulate our emotions and that of others to handle interpersonal relationships effectively. Need for EI: Work environment of civil services has become much more complex, even hostile at times. There’s multiplicity of work (new schemes) and shortage of personnel. Civil service itself is beset with problems of corruption, inefficiency, … Read more DMPQ:What is Emotional Intelligence? What is the need for emotional Intelligence in Civil Services?

Around 90 Cr people are eligible voters but only 67% of people participate in the most celebrated democratic exercise. But still near about 27 Crore do not cast their vote. As per a survey, 10 crore People did not want to cast their vote. So still near about 17cr voters failed to cast their vote. … Read more DMPQ-Do you think one nation one voter ID is the need of the hour?

Most of the features were inspired from the freedom struggle and their demands were put forth by the freedom fighters during national movement.  These demands were incorporated by the Constituent assembly after due deliberations. Features shaped by Indian Leaders during freedom struggle: Fundamental Rights: Nehru report gave 19 fundamental rights. Citizenship: Single citizenship also from … Read more DMPQ:Constitution of India was finalised in Constituent assembly but its seed were sown during freedom struggle. Comment

  Appointment of governor. Reservation of bill by governor for President assent. Allegation of use of central agency to serve political vendetta. Appointment of civil servants and Management of All India services. Control over finance. Role of planning commission now NITI aayog in approving state subjects. Appointment of enquiry commissions against the chief minister. Control … Read more DMPQ: What are the areas of concerns in centre and state relationship?

The basis of structuring of district courts in India is mainly depending upon the discretion of the state governments or the union territories. The structure of those courts are mainly made considering several factors like the number of cases, distribution of population, etc. Depending upon those factors the state government takes the decision of numbers … Read more DMPQ-District Courts

? Accountability is the core principle of any democracy. In our democracy it is only the executive and the legislature which is held accountable and not the judiciary. Judges are also public officials and hence should be made accountable. ? It is essential to ensure accountability of the judges to ensure public confidence in the … Read more DMPQ- What is Judicial Accountability? How has Judicial Accountabilty been ensured in Indian Constitution?

Nagaraj and others vs Union of India and others, 2006 was judgement passed against in the case of petition filed against the constitutional validity of &77, 81, 82 and 85 amendment act. 77 CAA- inserted clause 4A in article 16( equality of opportunity in matters of public employment; reservation in promotion) 81 CAA- inserted clause … Read more DMPQ: What is Nagaraj judgement? Discuss in detail. (POLITY)

52nd CAA introduces anti defection law which makes defection  a difficult process. The  objective of the law was to prevent horse trading  and use of money power in getting required support in the parliament and assemblies. It has able to achieve the desired objectives but it is not immune from criticism. The issues with anti-defection … Read more DMPQ: What is 52nd Constitutional amendment act. Discuss the issues attached with it.

Despite containing 50% of the population, only 10-12% of the workforce is filled by women. According to home ministry guidelines atleast 3 women sub Inspector has to be there at Police station. No state meets this criteria. It shows very poor presentation of women at Police force. The reasons for the low participation: Frequent inter … Read more DMPQ- Enumerate the reason for low participation of women in Police and armed forces.

  Opaqueness in the governance architecture of Judiciary. The basis of selection of judges is still under the sheet of secrecy. Judiciary is not under RTI. This also reduces the quotient of transparency. Power of contempt of court make judiciary omnipotent and even a rational and constructive criticism is avoided by the public. There are … Read more DMPQ: What are the causes of corruption in Judiciary? (Polity)

LC is not an effective body as that of Rajya Sabha. It is just a dilatory chamber. Even constitution does not grant the powerful status to council.  The existence of the council depends upon the will of the assembly which itself reduces its stature. The areas which accord unequal status are: A Money Bill can … Read more DMPQ :Legislative council is just a dilatory chamber and does not enjoy the status as that of Rajya Sabha. Comment

Ans4: Procedure Established by Law It means that a law that is duly enacted by legislature or the concerned body is valid if it has followed the correct procedure. Following this doctrine means that, a person can be deprived of his life or personal liberty according to the procedure established by law. So, if Parliament … Read more DMPQ: What do you understand by the term due process of law and procedure established by law? (POLITY)

FR: aggrieved person can directly approach SC under article 32. Example of  FR . In ordinary rights violation, one has to go through proper channel. He/she can’t approach SC directly. Significance of FR’s Limits the power of the state. Maintain balance of power. Ensure constitutionalism . Constitution is supreme. Rule of law will always prevail. … Read more DMPQ: What is the difference between FR and ordinary right? Discuss the significance of FR?

ISSUES ARE AS FOLLOWS Mode of appointment and dismissal of Governor Discriminatory and partisan role of governor Imposition of president’s rule Deployment of center forces in the states to maintain law and order Reservation of state bills for the consideration of the president Discrimination in financial allocations to the states Role of planning commission (now … Read more DMPQ:India has done a fair job in establishing the sanctity of federalism. But still there are some hot issues. In this context, list down the issues between centre and states.

The Chief secretary of the state enjoys the senior most position held in the civil services of the state and union territories of India. The functions of Chief secretary are as follows: Adviser to the CM: Chief- Secretary acts as an advisor to the CM. Being head of the permanent executive branch he strives for a … Read more DMPQ: Chief secretary is a lynchpin in state administration. Discuss

The main objectives and reasons for setting up of Family Courts are: ? To create a Specialized Court which will exclusively deal with family matters so that such a court may have the necessary expertise to deal with these cases expeditiously. Thus expertise and expedition are two main factors for establishing such a court; ? … Read more DMPQ- What are the main objectives and reasons for setting up of Family Courts ?

Conflicts in the region can be broadly grouped under the following categories: National conflicts: Involving concept of a distinct ‘homeland’ as a separate nation and pursuit of the realization of that goal by use of various methods both violent as well as non violent. Ex: ULFA demand for sovereign Asom, NSCN for Greater Nagaland. Ethnic … Read more DMPQ: Give an outline on the nature of conflicts in the North eastern region.

Parliamentary privileges are certain rights and immunities enjoyed by members of Parliament, individually and collectively, so that they can “effectively discharge their functions”. When any of these rights and immunities are disregarded, the offence is called a breach of privilege and is punishable under law of Parliament. Rule No 222 in Chapter 20 of the … Read more DMPQ- What is a privilege motion?

Article 370 of the Indian constitution is an article that gives autonomous status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The article is drafted in Part XXI of the Constitution: Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions. While the article was created to give temporary, transitional, special provisions, it has become a Permanent feature. In the years since Independence, this article was … Read more DMPQ- What is article 370? What are the implications after its removal?