{"id":50164,"date":"2019-07-19T15:38:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T10:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=50164"},"modified":"2019-07-19T15:45:22","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T10:15:22","slug":"mains-exam-gs-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/mains-exam-gs-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mains Exam [GS-2]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">General Studies -2 <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and\nInternational relations. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Indian Constitution\u2014historical underpinnings,\nevolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure.<\/li><li>Functions and responsibilities of the Union and\nthe States, issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure,\ndevolution of powers and finances up to local levels and challenges therein. <\/li><li>Separation of powers between various organs\ndispute redressal mechanisms and institutions. <\/li><li>Comparison of the Indian constitutional scheme\nwith that of other countries. <\/li><li>Parliament and State legislatures\u2014structure,\nfunctioning, conduct of business, powers &amp; privileges and issues arising\nout of these. <\/li><li>Structure, organization and functioning of the\nExecutive and the Judiciary\u2014Ministries and Departments of the Government;\npressure groups and formal\/informal associations and their role in the Polity. <\/li><li>Salient features of the Representation of\nPeople\u2019s Act. <\/li><li>Appointment to various Constitutional posts,\npowers, functions and responsibilities of various Constitutional Bodies. <\/li><li>Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial\nbodies. <\/li><li>Government policies and interventions for\ndevelopment in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and\nimplementation. <\/li><li>Development processes and the development\nindustry \u2014the role of NGOs, SHGs, various groups and associations, donors,\ncharities, institutional and other stakeholders. <\/li><li>Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the\npopulation by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes;\nmechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and\nbetterment of these vulnerable sections. <\/li><li>Issues relating to development and management of\nSocial Sector\/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources. <\/li><li>Issues relating to poverty and hunger. <\/li><li>Important aspects of governance, transparency\nand accountability, e-governance applications, models, successes, limitations,\nand potential; citizens charters, transparency &amp; accountability and\ninstitutional and other measures. <\/li><li>Role of civil services in a democracy. <\/li><li>India and its neighbourhood- relations. <\/li><li>Bilateral, regional and global groupings and\nagreements involving India and\/or affecting India\u2019s interests. <\/li><li>Effect of policies and politics of developed and\ndeveloping countries on India\u2019s interests, Indian diaspora. <\/li><li>Important International institutions, agencies\nand fora- their structure, mandate.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Studies -2 Governance, Constitution, Polity, Social Justice and International relations. Indian Constitution\u2014historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure. Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States, issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure, devolution of powers and finances up to local levels and challenges therein. Separation of powers between&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/mains-exam-gs-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mains Exam [GS-2]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-50164","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}