{"id":1131,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/has-the-thrust-of-government-tilted-towards-executive-in-upsc-psir-2020-1906\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:24:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:02","slug":"has-the-thrust-of-government-tilted-towards-executive-in-upsc-psir-2020-1906","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/has-the-thrust-of-government-tilted-towards-executive-in-upsc-psir-2020-1906\/","title":{"rendered":"Has the thrust of government tilted towards executive in contemporary Indian politics? Give your arguments."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> Parliamentary design: executive drawn from &amp; accountable to Lok Sabha (Art 75) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> overlap natural <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> tilt = overlap hardening into <i>dominance<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> Question of degree, not kind <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> some executive strength is built-in <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> locate where strength starts weakening Parliament \/ committees \/ opposition<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>PM\u2013PMO ascendancy (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Ambedkar<\/b> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Indira\u2019s Cabinet-to-PMO shift <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Modi-era PMO centrality) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> executive law-making bypass (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Mehta<\/b> on ordinances <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <i>Krishna Kumar Singh<\/i> 2017 <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Money Bill \/ Aadhaar route) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Parliament\u2019s decline (sitting days 120 <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> 58, 16% of Bills to committees <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Hewitt<\/b> &amp; <b>Rai<\/b>: weak committee scrutiny <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> party whip <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Khaitan<\/b>: accountability crisis <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Shah<\/b>: elected autocracy)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>Checks still bite: 2008 nuclear-deal confidence vote, coal-block cancellation, Money Bill review (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Chandrachud<\/b>, <b>Bhushan<\/b>) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Abraham<\/b>: responsible govt needs a functional Parliament<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> Tilt is real, but separation of powers negotiated, not rigid; the parliamentary form = basic structure<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> Executive strength aids governance; the danger is <i>unchecked<\/i> dominance, not strength itself<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[41],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[60],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1131","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-41","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-principal-organs-of-the-union-and-state-government","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4725,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1131\/revisions\/4725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1131"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1131"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1131"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}