Consider the following statements about United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR): It is a member of United Nations Development Group It has its headquarters are at New York,...
The constitutional power to address the Parliament of India has been given to __: 1. President of India 2. Chief Justice of India 3. Comptroller and Auditor General...
In the three tier Panchayati Raj System: 1. Gram Sabha is a permanent unit 2. Gram Sabha is lowest tier 3. Panchayat Samiti is the "administrative authority' at...
Consider the following statements about Gold Monetisation scheme: It earns regular interest to depositors It allows pre-mature withdrawal with minimum lock-in period of one year It is exempted from...
Apart from separation of powers of taxation, constitution of India has provided for an institutional mechanism viz. Finance Commission for making recommendations to parliament on how the tax...
We have so far discussed regionalism, diversity, division of powers and asymmetries of Indian constitution. Here are some of the other issues and challenges summarized for quick overview....
One of the major concerns about the Indian federalism that it is asymmetric. By “Asymmetric” we mean that Indian federalism is based on unequal distribution of powers in...
The constitution has divided the legislative authority via 7th schedule {Union, State, and Concurrent Lists}. The residuary powers are vested in the Central government. Analysis The discussion on...
The term regionalism has both negative and positive connotations. In negative sense, it denotes excessive preference to one’s region over nation. In positive sense, it denotes one’s love...
Mock Test – 4 of the Target 2017 Prelims General Studies Programme has been updated at this link.The 100 questions in Mock Test -4 are broadly based upon...