Syllabus (POLITICAL SCIENCE)

Course Type: MAJ-2

Semester: 2

Course Code: BPLSMAJ02T

Course Title: Constitution of India

(L-P-Tu): 5-0-1

Credit: 6

Practical/Theory: Theory

Course Objective:

Learning Outcome: Course Outcome: Acquaintance to Constitution is indispensable for a student to make a sense of Indian Political System. The course is designed to provide an overview of key concepts of the Indian constitution to the student, which would evolve them into a

Learning Objectives:

• The purpose of this course is to introduce to the students the basic information and analytical frame work for studying of Indian Constitution.
• To acquaint the students with the Objectives, Structure and Functions of Union Government and Union Legislature.
• It further encourages a study of state institutions in their mutual interaction, and in interaction with the larger extra-constitutional environment.
• To enable the students to qualify the competitive examination like UPSC/ MPSC etc.
• To enable the students to qualify NET/ SET examination.

  Course Content: 6*6= 36 Classes (6 Classes per topic)

• Philosophy of the Indian Constitution, Significance of the Preamble, Salient features of the Indian Constitution.
• Fundamental Rights and the Directive Principles of the State Policy.
• Nature of the Indian Federation, Recommendations of Sarkaria Commission and Venkat Chellaiah Commission.
• Union Executive and Legislature: President, Vice-President, Prime Minister, Parliament-Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha, Procedure of Amendment.
• State Executive: Governor, Chief Minister
• Judiciary: Supreme Court, High Court and Public Interest Litigation.

• Suggested Readings:

• Constitution of India, Government of India
• Austin G., (2010) The Constituent Assembly: Microcosm in Action’, in The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 15th print
• Basu D., (2012) Introduction to the Constitution of India, New Delhi: Lexis Nexis.
• Chaube S., (2009) The Making and Working of the Indian Constitution, Delhi: National Book Trust.
• The Constitution of India: Bare Act with Short Notes, (2011) New Delhi: Universal
• Basu, D.D., Bharater Sangbidhan parichay, Wadha and Co.
• Kashyap, Subhas C, Amader Sanbidhan, National Book Trust
• Das, Tuhin Kumar, (2019) ‘Bharotiyo Songbidhaner Obhimukhe’, Vijoya Publishing House, Kolkata.