Governance,Constitution, Polity, Social Justice andInternational relations.
- Indian Constitution- historicalunderpinnings, evolution, fea-tures, amendments, significantprovisions and basic structure.
- Functions and responsibilities ofthe Union and the States, issuesand challenges pertaining to thefederal structure, devolution ofpowers and finances up to locallevels and challenges therein.
- Separation of powers betweenvarious organs dispute redressalmechanisms and institutions.
- Comparison of the Indian constitu-tional scheme with that of other countries
- Parliament and State Legislatures- structure, functioning, conduct ofbusiness, powers & privileges andissues arising out of these.
- Structure, organization and func-tioning of the Executive and theJudiciary Ministries andDepartments of the Government; pressure groups and formal/infor-mal associations and their role inthe Polity.
- Salient features of theRepresentation of People’s Act.
- Appointment to variousConstitutional posts, powers,functions and responsibilities ofvarious Constitutional Bodies.
- Statutory, regulatory and variousquasi-judicial bodies
- Government policies and interven-tions for development in varioussectors and issues arising out oftheir design and implementation.
- Development processes and thedevelopment industry- the role ofNGOs, SHGs, various groups andassociations, donors, charities,institutional and other stakehold-ers
- Welfare schemes for vulnerablesections of the population by theCentre and States and the per-formance of these schemes;mechanisms, laws, institutionsand Bodies constituted for the pro-tection and betterment of thesevulnerable sections.
- Issues relating to developmentand management of SocialSector/Services relating to Health,Education, Human Resources.
- Issues relating to poverty andhunger.
- Important aspects of governance,transparency and accountability,e-governance- applications, mod-els, successes, limitations, andpotential; citizens charters, trans-parency & accountability and insti-tutional and other measures.
- Role of civil services in a democ-racy.
- India and its neighborhood- rela-tions.
- Bilateral, regional and globalgroupings and agreements involv-ing India and/or affecting India’sinterests
- Effect of policies and politics ofdeveloped and developing coun-tries on India’s interests, Indian diaspora.
- Important International institu-tions, agencies and fora- theirstructure, mandate.