{"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":"2026-08-09T21:56:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:21","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>&mdash; 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\">R1 Parliamentary design: executive drawn from &amp; accountable to Lok Sabha (Art 75) \u2192 overlap natural \u2192 tilt = overlap hardening into dominance R2 Question of degree, not kind \u2192 some executive strength is built-in \u2192 locate where strength starts weakening Parliament \/ committees \/ opposition<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">PM-PMO ascendancy (Ambedkar \u2192 Indira\u2019s Cabinet-to-PMO shift \u2192 Modi-era PMO centrality) \u2192 executive law-making bypass (Mehta on ordinances \u2192 Krishna Kumar Singh 2017 \u2192 Money Bill \/ Aadhaar route) \u2192 Parliament&#039;s decline (sitting days 120 \u2192 58, 16% of Bills to committees \u2192 Hewitt &amp; Rai: weak committee scrutiny \u2192 party whip \u2192 Khaitan: accountability crisis \u2192 Shah: elected autocracy)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Checks still bite: 2008 nuclear-deal confidence vote, coal-block cancellation, Money Bill review (Chandrachud, Bhushan) \u2192 Abraham: responsible govt needs a functional Parliament<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R1 Tilt is real, but separation of powers negotiated, not rigid; the parliamentary form = basic structure R2 Executive strength aids governance; the danger is unchecked dominance, not strength itself<\/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":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2540,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1131\/revisions\/2540"}],"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}]}}