TY - GEN AU - Chakrabarty, Bidyut AU - Pandey, Rajendra Kumar TI - Indian government and politics SN - 9788178298818 U1 - 352 PY - 2008/// CY - New Delhi PB - Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd. KW - N1 - Contents Preface xi Introduction xiii Chapter 1: Salient Features of the Indian Constitution 1 Chapter 2: Federalism 35 Chapter 3 : The Executive System in Theory and Practice 54 Chapter 4 : Parliament 82 Chapter 5 : State Executive 107 Chapter 6 : The Judiciary 129 Chapter 7 : Planning and Economic Development 167 Chapter 8 : Statutory Institutions and Commissions 183 Chapter 9 : The Indian Party System 212 Chapter 10 : The Evolution of Indian Administration 235 Chapter 11 : Panchayati Governance in India 269 Chapter 12 : Major Issues in Indian Politics 294 Conclusion 329 Model Questions 337 Index 349 About the authors 359 ER -