Indian Government and Politics

The Government of India has three independent branches namely the executive, the legislature and the judiciary. The country has a federal structure with elected Governments in States. The Government of India, officially known as Union Government or sometime referred to as Central Government, is the governing authority of a federal union of 28 states, 6 Union Territories (administered directly by the Central Government) and a national capital territory (NCT-Delhi). For most of the years since independence, the federal government has been guidd by the Indian Natinal Congress (INC). In India the two largest political parties have been the Indian National Congress (INC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (NJP). Presently the two parties have dominated the Indian Politics, however regional parties too exist. The book discusses the basic concepts and techniques of financial accounting in a student-friendly manner.



Table of Contents:

The Government of India The Challenge of Good Governance in India Constitution and Articulation of Goals of Governance Politics of India Political Integration of India Politics of Ethnic Minorities in States Culture and Nationalism: Politics of Identity in India Democracy and Distributive Politics in India Democratic Society and Democracy in India Development of Cooperative Federalism in India

Dr. Ravi Ranjan, is at present Asst. Professor of Political Science at Government K.R.G. Autonomous College, Gwalior under Jiwaji University, did his B.A. (Hons.) from Patna University did M.A from Delhi University and M.Phil from Jawahar Lal Nehru University (J.N.U.), Delhi and is Ph.D. His is a widely acclaimed name in the sphere to which he pertains to. He has submitted Research Project under U.G.C. He possesses a prolong teaching experience closely to Fifteen years. He has several articles to his credit in a number of newspapers and magazines of national repute.