IAS MAINS GENERL STUDIES PAPER HAS 4 SETS.
INDIAN POLITY IS COVERED UNDER THE II SET.
GS Paper II
Governance is the Core of this paper. Candidates are tested here for their wisdom with respect to The Legislature, The Executive & The Judiciary in Indian System.
The 3 Pillars of Indian Democracy
The above mentioned Legislature, Executive & Judiciary are the 3 pillars of Governance. So we ought to aware ourselves with them.
You have to develop a sense of correalting Polity & Governance in the Day – to – Day Current Scenario.
भारतीय लोकतन्त्र के तीन स्तम्भ हैं –
विधायिका (जो कानून बनाती है – संसद एवं विधान सभा), कार्यपालिका (जो कानून का पालन करवाती है – पुलिस इत्यादि) एवं न्यायपालिका (जो कानून न मानने वालों को सजा देती है)
II paper of GS includes the following:
1. Governance
2. Constitution
3. Polity
4. Social Justice
5. International Relations
Out of the 5 mentioned above, Constituion & Polity account for about half of the marks of this paper hence we will take them first.
Constitution is the base from where everything emanates hence we take it first.