Today in Drishti IAS' UPSC IAS PRELIMS 2023 - Indian Polity Demo Class, I will be
discussing the sources of the Indian Constitution and providing some memory techniques to
help you recall this information during the exam. Abhishek Mishra will give you an insight into
Constitution and Polity - what is Constitution and what is Polity? The state includes the
government, union government, state government, local government, any statutory or
non-statutory body established by any law and even private agencies that act as an
instrument of state. For it to be considered a state, it must have a defined territory, a
permanent population, sovereign government and the capacity to conduct international
relations. Constitution ensures that all laws and regulations must be in accordance with it.
Federalism implies that there are multiple levels of governments - central, state and local;
this is an essential feature of federalism. Constitution is theory but polity is practice; when
the Constitution comes into practice, it becomes a political system. It provides certain
protections to citizens known as fundamental rights. Lastly, democracy implies Rule of the
People by the People and for the People.The Rule of Law is a fundamental principle of
governance and is characterized by the supremacy of law, quality of law, equality before law,
and an independent Judiciary to enforce the law. Democracy is defined as the rule of the
People by the people and for the people; however, North Korea, officially known as the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is anything but democratic. The Indian
Constitution was adopted on 26 November 1949, coming into full force on 26 January 1950
after two years, eleven months and eighteen days of deliberation. The Constitution originally
contained 395 articles arranged in 22 parts and eight schedules in Hindi. It is also important
to note that our Indian Constitution is based on the Government of India Act 1935, which
was itself very bulky. Consequently, our Indian Constitution has become very voluminous
and bulky.The Government of India Act 1935 proposed a federation of British provinces and
princely states, though it never came into effect. This was the basis of the federal scheme
we adopted. The Parliamentary form of government and parliamentary privileges were taken
from the British Constitution, while fundamental rights were inspired by the U.S. Constitution.
Additionally, concepts such as judicial review, the impeachment of the president and the
office of vice president have been taken from the U.S Constitution too. The Weimar
constitution of Germany, Russian Constitution, Irish Constitution and Canadian Constitution
have also had an influence on our own constitution. The Canadian constitution has a strong
centre-vegetarian approach, where powers are not divided between the centre and state.
Moreover, we adopted the idea of joint sitting of both houses from the Australian Constitution
and emergency provisions relating to suspension of fundamental rights from the Government
of India Act 1935.I have noted down almost all the important Provisions in this mind map and
given you some important acronyms which can help you remember it in the exam. I look
forward to seeing you in the quality Upsc Prelims classes. Thank you! [Music]
The five options that can be correct are E4, 5, Joint City of both houses, France procedure
established by Law, and JApan so rule of law taken from the [UNK].
discussing the sources of the Indian Constitution and providing some memory techniques to
help you recall this information during the exam. Abhishek Mishra will give you an insight into
Constitution and Polity - what is Constitution and what is Polity? The state includes the
government, union government, state government, local government, any statutory or
non-statutory body established by any law and even private agencies that act as an
instrument of state. For it to be considered a state, it must have a defined territory, a
permanent population, sovereign government and the capacity to conduct international
relations. Constitution ensures that all laws and regulations must be in accordance with it.
Federalism implies that there are multiple levels of governments - central, state and local;
this is an essential feature of federalism. Constitution is theory but polity is practice; when
the Constitution comes into practice, it becomes a political system. It provides certain
protections to citizens known as fundamental rights. Lastly, democracy implies Rule of the
People by the People and for the People.The Rule of Law is a fundamental principle of
governance and is characterized by the supremacy of law, quality of law, equality before law,
and an independent Judiciary to enforce the law. Democracy is defined as the rule of the
People by the people and for the people; however, North Korea, officially known as the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is anything but democratic. The Indian
Constitution was adopted on 26 November 1949, coming into full force on 26 January 1950
after two years, eleven months and eighteen days of deliberation. The Constitution originally
contained 395 articles arranged in 22 parts and eight schedules in Hindi. It is also important
to note that our Indian Constitution is based on the Government of India Act 1935, which
was itself very bulky. Consequently, our Indian Constitution has become very voluminous
and bulky.The Government of India Act 1935 proposed a federation of British provinces and
princely states, though it never came into effect. This was the basis of the federal scheme
we adopted. The Parliamentary form of government and parliamentary privileges were taken
from the British Constitution, while fundamental rights were inspired by the U.S. Constitution.
Additionally, concepts such as judicial review, the impeachment of the president and the
office of vice president have been taken from the U.S Constitution too. The Weimar
constitution of Germany, Russian Constitution, Irish Constitution and Canadian Constitution
have also had an influence on our own constitution. The Canadian constitution has a strong
centre-vegetarian approach, where powers are not divided between the centre and state.
Moreover, we adopted the idea of joint sitting of both houses from the Australian Constitution
and emergency provisions relating to suspension of fundamental rights from the Government
of India Act 1935.I have noted down almost all the important Provisions in this mind map and
given you some important acronyms which can help you remember it in the exam. I look
forward to seeing you in the quality Upsc Prelims classes. Thank you! [Music]
The five options that can be correct are E4, 5, Joint City of both houses, France procedure
established by Law, and JApan so rule of law taken from the [UNK].
