Indian Government and politics / B.L. Fadia & Kuldeep Fadia.

Overview of the Indian political system
1. The historical context: Nature of the British Colonial rule in India
2. Struggle for India's Freedom: Character of the Indian National Movement
3. Constitutional Developments of India
4. India on the eve of independence
5. Approaches to the study of Indian politics
6. The constituent assembly of India: Perceptions of the Indian Polity
7. Salient features of the Indian constitution
8. The preamble: Approach to liberty, equality and justice
9. Secularism: The soul of the constitution
10. The fundamental rights: Charter of political and civil liberties
11. Directive principles of state : Manifesto of Aims and objectives
12. Fundamental rights and directive principles of state policy: Possibility of conflict
13. Fundamental Duties
14. Right to property: From Fundamental to legal right
15. The Indian constitution: Doctrine of Basic structure
16. Constitutional Amendments: Socio-political implications
17. Nature of the Indian State
18. India: Social structure and democratic process
Constitutional framework and institutional functioning
19. The Indian federal system: structure and processes
20. Centre- State legislative relations: An overview
21. Centre-state administrative relations: An overview
22. Centre-State financial relations: An overview
23. Politics of planning vis-a-vis state autonomy
24. Politics of President's rule in the states
25. The party system and political dynamics of Indian federation
26. Over-centralisation : A plea for state autonomy
27. Centre-state relations : Areas of conflict
28. Commissions on centre- state relations: Major recommendations
29. The Indian parliament: Role and functioning
30. Working of parliament
31. Office of the president: Election method and politics of selection
32. Powers and position of the president
33. The prime Minister : Office and powers
34. The Union council of ministers
35. The supreme court of India: organisation and powers
36. Judiciary and democratic process: context of judicial review in India
37. Judiciary and democratic process: context of judicial activism in India
38. State politics in India: A framework
39. Evolution of states in India
40. The office of the Governor: Mode of selection and removal
41. The role of governor in state politics
42.The chief Minister and the council of Ministers in State politics
43. The State Legislature
44. The high courts
45. Panchayati Raj system in India
46. Nature of administration: Its role in the development process
Party system and elections
47. Nature of the Indian party system
48. The party system in India: National parties
49. The part system in India: Role of regional and state parties
50. Pressure Groups in Indian politics
51. The election commission: Organisation, functions and role
52. Electoral reforms in India
53. Elections and political participation
54. 16th Lok Sabha elections 2014
55. Social movements in India
Development process
56. Strategy of development in India
57. India: Problems of underdevelopment : Poverty, illiteracy and environment degradation and regional imbalances
58. Defection politics in India
59. India's experiment with coalition governments at the federal level
60. Crime and politics : The Nexus
61. National Integration
62. Politics of Minorities in India
63. Communalism in India politics
64. The caste and India politics
65. Language politics in India
66. Regionalism in Indian politics
67. Problem of violence in India
68. Special status of Jammu and Kashmir :: Article 370 of the constitution
69. Women's political participation in India: An agenda for empowerment
70. India's foreign policy: Basic framework
71. The case for presidential system
72. Reviewing the Indian constitution: Recommendations of the National commission to review the working of the constitution