Page-17 of Archives: September, 2016

IAS General Studies Prelims Question No. 29

Consider the following statements about United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR): It is a member of  United...

📅 September 26, 2016

IAS General Studies Prelims Question No. 28

The constitutional power to address the Parliament of India has been given to __: 1. President of India...

📅 September 26, 2016

IAS General Studies Prelims Question No. 27

In the three tier Panchayati Raj System: 1. Gram Sabha is a permanent unit 2. Gram Sabha is...

📅 September 26, 2016

IAS General Studies Prelims Question No. 26

Consider the following statements about Gold Monetisation scheme: It earns regular interest to depositors It allows pre-mature withdrawal with...

📅 September 26, 2016

Fiscal Federalism in India

Apart from separation of powers of taxation, constitution of India has provided for an institutional mechanism viz. Finance...

📅 September 25, 2016

Issues and Challenges with Indian Federalism [Others]

We have so far discussed regionalism, diversity, division of powers and asymmetries of Indian constitution. Here are some...

📅 September 25, 2016

Asymmetries in Indian Federalism

One of the major concerns about the Indian federalism that it is asymmetric. By “Asymmetric” we mean that...

📅 September 25, 2016

Indian Federalism and Division of Powers

The constitution has divided the legislative authority via 7th schedule {Union, State, and Concurrent Lists}. The residuary powers...

📅 September 25, 2016

Indian Federalism and Regionalism

The term regionalism has both negative and positive connotations. In negative sense, it denotes excessive preference to one’s...

📅 September 25, 2016

UPSC Prelims Test Series 2017 – Mock Test-4

Mock Test – 4 of the Target 2017 Prelims General Studies Programme has been updated at this link.The...

📅 September 25, 2016