The Telangana State Public Service Commission is a body created by the Constitution of India to select applicants for civil service jobs in the Indian state of Telangana according to the merits of the applicants and the rules of reservation. Here is a Detailed Syllabus for Telangana State PSC Syllabus For Mains Paper Indian Society Constitution and Governance.
Telangana State PSC Examination Syllabus
TSPSC Paper - Indian Society Constitution and Governance
Indian Society, Structure, Issues and Social Movements
- Indian Society: Salient features, Unity in Diversity; Family, Marriage, Kinship, Caste, Tribe,
- Religion, Language; Rural – Urban continuum; Multi-culturalism.
- Social Exclusion and Vulnerable Groups: Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes,
- Minorities, Women, Children, Aged and Disabled.
- Social Issues: Poverty; Unemployment, Child Labour, Violence against Women; Regionalism;
- Communalism and Secularism; Corruption; Caste Conflicts, Problems of Agricultural Labour;
- Urbanization; Development and Displacement; Environmental Degradation; Sustainable
- Development; Population Explosion; Agrarian Distress; Migration.
- (a)Social Issues in Telangana: Vetti; Jogini and Devadasi System; Girl Child; Flourosis; Child Labour; Migrant Labour; Child Marriages. (b) Social Movements in Telangana.
- Social Policies and Programmes in India and Telangana: Policies for Women, Children, Aged and Disabled; Policies for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes and Minorities; Environmental Policy; Population Policy; Policy on Education; Policy on Health; Poverty Alleviation Programmes; Welfare Schemes for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes, Women, Children, Minorities, Aged and Disabled.
Constitution of India.
- Evolution of Indian Constitution: Role of the Drafting Committee; Constitutional Philosophy and
- Preamble; Salient features & Basic Structure; Amendments.
- Fundamental Rights: Nature and Scope; Expanding horizons of Fundamental Rights; Enforceability against State and others;Welfare State and Distributive Justice under the Constitution; Directive Principles of State Policy - Rule of Law and Fundamental Duties.
- System of Government: Parliamentary system, Central Government: President, Prime Minister & Council of Ministers; Parliament: Powers and Functions; State Government: Governor, Chief Minister & Council of Ministers; Legislature: Powers and Functions, Legislative Privileges.
- Judicial System in India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Administrative Tribunals; Subordinate
- Judiciary; Judicial Review and Judicial Activism; Independence of Judiciary and Judicial Accountability.
- Federal system: Centre-State Relations- Issues and Challenges pertaining to the Federal Structure;
- Local Self-Government 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments for sharing of powers - Panchayat
- Raj and Municipal Institutions; Resolution of Inter-State disputes with reference to Water DisputesChallenges of Implementation.
III. Governance
- Governance and Good Governance, E-Governance-Applications and Models; Governance at Union level- Cabinet Secretariat, Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Central Secretariat, Ministries and Departments; Constitutional bodies-Finance Commission, Election Commission, Union Public Service Commission, Comptroller and Auditor General of India, National Human Rights Commission, National Commissions for SCs/ST/Minorities and Women; Parliamentary CommitteesEstimates Committee, Public Accounts Committee, Committee on Public Undertakings.
- Governance at State and District levels-Secretariat and Directorates and their relationships; District Administration-Role of Collector, Institutions of Rural and Urban Governance-Powers and Functions, Systems for delivery of Services; Cooperatives, State Finance Commission; Devolution of Powers and Finances-Issues and Challenges. Development Corporations for SCs, STs, B.Cs, Minorities and Disabled Welfare; Control over Administration-Legislative, Executive and Judicial Control.
- Programmes, Agencies and Institutions working for the development of Urban and Rural Areas; People Centred Participatory Development; Poverty Alleviation Programmes; Women Empowerment and Inclusive Growth; Rights related to Health, Food Security and Education-Issues and Challenges.
- Debates on Development and Development Processes; State and Provision of Services; State and Market; Involvement of Civil Society-Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and NGOs; SelfHelp Groups, (SHGs), Charities and Stakeholders, Public-Private Partnerships (PPP); Corporate Social Responsibility.
- Ethics and Values of Administration; Neutrality of Civil Services, Committed Bureaucracy, Politician and Civil Servant Relations; Citizen Charters, Gender Sensitization; Transparency and Accountability of Administration; Prevention of Corruption in Administration- Central Vigilance Commission, Central Bureau of Investigation, Lokpal, Lokayuktha, ACB and Consumer Protection Mechanisms; Application and Impact of Right to Information Act-2005; Administrative Reforms
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