• The course will develop a critical understanding of the basic principles of the Constitution of India.
• This course deals in detail the fundamental rights and the directive principles as mentioned in the different articles of the Constitution.
• The students will learn about the constitution of the governments. They would have an elaborate idea about the three wings of the government, namely, the Legislature, the Executive and the Judiciary
• The course will encourage students to undertake a study of the local self as an instrument of democracy.
| Course Status : | Ongoing |
| Course Type : | Core |
| Duration : | -1 weeks |
| Category : |
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| Credit Points : | 5 |
| Level : | Undergraduate |
| Start Date : | 15 Jan 2024 |
| End Date : | 26 Apr 2024 |
| Enrollment Ends : | 29 Feb 2024 |
| Exam Date : | 18 May 2024 IST |
| Shift-II : | 3PM - 6PM |
Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.
Constitutional Government & Democracy in India Weekly Plan
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Weeks | Weekly Lecture Topics | Assignments (No. & Type)* | |
Week -1 |
| 1. Historical Context of Constituent Assembly 2. Compositions & Functions of Constituent Assembly 3. Critical Evaluation of Constituent Assembly 4. Features of Indian Constitution
| Objective and Subjective |
Week-2 |
| 5. Preamble to the Constitution of India 6. Introduction to Fundamental Rights 7. Equality Before Law 8. Right to Freedom
| Objective and Subjective |
Week-3 |
| 9. Position of Some Democratic Rights 10. Right Against Exploitation 11. Right to Freedom of Religion 12. Right To Constitutional Remedies
| Objective and Subjective |
Week-4 |
| 13. Directive Principles 14. The Rajya Sabha 15. The Lok Sabha 16. Relation between Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha
| Objective and Subjective |
Week-5 |
| 17. Speaker 18. Legislative Procedure 19. Parliamentary Committees 20. President of India
| Objective and Subjective |
Week-6 |
| 21. Powers and Functions of the President 22. Emergency Powers and the Position of the President 23. Union Council of Ministers 24. The Prime Minister
| Objective and Subjective |
Week-7 |
| 25. The Structure & The High Court 26. The Supreme Court 27. Role of The Supreme Court 28. Judicial Activism in India
| Objective and Subjective |
Week-8 |
| 29. Basic Structure Doctrine & PIL 30. Origin and development of federalism in India 31. Nature of Indian federalism: Constitutional Structure & Institutional Practices 32. Federalism and Identity of states in India
| Objective and Subjective |
Week-9 |
| 33. Centre State Legislative Relations 34. Centre-State Administrative Relations 35. Centre-State Financial Relations 36. Cooperative federalism in India
| Objective and Subjective |
Week-10 |
| 37. Indian federalism and the Supreme Court 38. Federalism and Emergency provisions 39. Federalism and Regionalism in India Part-A 40. Federalism and Regionalism in India Part-B
| Objective and Subjective |
Week-11 |
| 41. Federalism and Evolution of Party System 42. Federalism and Role of National Parties 43. Federalism and Role of Regional Parties 44. Comparing Federations
| Objective and Subjective |
Week-12 |
| 45. Indian federalism: Issues and challenges 46. The 5th & 6th Schedules 47. Municipality-1 ( History of Indian Municipality) 48. Municipality-2 (Organization & Functions)
| Objective and Subjective |
Week-13 |
| 49. Panchayat---1 ( Ghandhi’s Idea of Panchayat) 50. Panchayati Raj in India 51. Local Governance and Decentralized Planning in India 52. Local Self -Government and the Mandates of the 73rd and 74th Amendment Act | Objective and Subjective |
Week-14 |
| 53. E-governance at the Local Government Level 54. Digitization an Urban Governance 55. Practices of good Governance in Local Government 56. Women’s Representation in Local Self Government
| Objective and Subjective |
Week-15 |
| 57. Challenges to Women’s Representation in Local Self Government in India 58. Role of PRIs in the implementation of MGNREGAs 59. Panchayat and the PESA Act
| Objective and Subjective |
Amitabha Ray is a Master of Political Science from the University of Calcutta. He has over thirty years of teaching experience at undergraduate level in Gurudas College, Kolkata. He has seven years of teaching experience at Post Graduate level in Kalyani University. He has also remained the Guest lecturer of Rabindra Bharati University for several years. Amitaha Ray has to his credit several publications in English as well as in Bangla on Politics and Society. Amitabha Ray has participated in many national and international seminars. He has also been the Resource Person for the development of E-content material for undergraduate courses for Political Science for NME-ICT projects. He also has been the recourse person for Online Post graduate Political Science courses for Netaji Subhas Open University.
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