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📌 ACQUISITION OF CITIZENSHIP #Citizenship 🔺️ BY REGISTRATION 🔸️ a person of Indian origin who is ordinarily resident in India for seven years before making an application for registration; 🔸️ a person of Indian origin who is ordinarily resident in any country or place outside undivided India; 🔸️ a person who is married to a citizen of India and is ordinarily resident in India for seven years before making an application for registration; 🔸️ minor children of persons who are citizens of Ind…

📌 ACQUISITION OF CITIZENSHIP. #Citizenship 🔺️ BY DESCENT 🔸️ A person born outside India on or after January 26, 1950 but before December 10, 1992 is a citizen of India by descent, if his father was a citizen of India at the time of his birth. 🔸️ A person born outside India on or after December 10, 1992 is considered as a citizen of India if either of his parents is a citizen of India at the time of his birth. 🔸️ December 3, 2004 onwards, a person born outside India shall not be a citizen of…

📌 ACQUISITION OF CITIZENSHIP. #Citizenship The Citizenship Act of 1955 prescribes five ways of acquiring citizenship, viz, birth, descent, registration, naturalisation and incorporation of territory: 🔺️ BY BIRTH 🔸️ A person born in India on or after January 26, 1950 but before July 1, 1987 is a citizen of India by birth irrespective of the nationality of his parents. 🔸️ A person born in India on or after July 1, 1987 is considered as a citizen of India only if either of his parents is a cit…

📌 THE CONSTITUTION CONFERS THE FOLLOWING RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES ON THE CITIZEN OF INDIA (and denies the same to aliens): #Citizenship 🔸️ Right against discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth (Article 15). 🔸️ Right to equality of opportunity in the matter of public employment (Article 16). 🔸️ Right to freedom of speech and expression, assembly, association, movement, residence and profession (Article 19). 🔸️ Cultural and educational rights (Articles 29 and 30…

📌 INTEGRATION OF PRINCELY STATE. #Unionanditsterritories 🔸️ At the time of independence, India comprised two categories of political units, namely, the British provinces (under the direct rule of British government) and the princely states (under the rule of native princes but subject to the paramountcy of the British Crown). 🔸️ The Indian Independence Act (1947) created two independent and separate dominions of India and Pakistan and gave three options to the princely states which are :- • …

📌 FAZL ALI COMMISSION. #Unionanditsterritories 🔸️ The creation of Andhra state intensified the demand from other regions for creation of states on linguistic basis. 🔸️ This forced the Government of India to appoint (in December, 1953) a three- member States Reorganisation Commission under the chairmanship of Fazl Ali to re-examine the whole question. 🔸️ Its other two members were K.M. Panikkar and H.N. Kunzru. It submitted its report in September 1955 and broadly accepted language as the bas…

📌 J.V.P COMMITTEE. #Unionanditsterritories 🔸️ Dhar commission report created much resentment and led to the appointment of another Linguistic Provinces Committee by the Congress in December, 1948, itself to examine the whole question afresh. 🔸️ It consisted of Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallahbhai Patel and Pattabhi Sitaramayya and hence, was popularly known as JVP Committee. 🔸️ It submitted its report in April, 1949, and formally rejected language as the basis for reorganisation of states. 🔸️ Howev…

📌 DHAR COMMISSION #Unionanditsterritories 🔸️ There has been a demand from different regions, particularly South India, for reorganisation of states on linguistic basis. 🔸️ Accordingly, in June 1948, the Government of India appointed the Linguistic Provinces Commission under the chairmanship of S.K. Dhar to examine the feasibility of this. 🔸️ The commission submitted its report in December, 1948, and recommended the reorganisation of states on the basis of administrative convenience rather th…

📌 INTEGRATION OF PRINCELY STATE. #Unionanditsterritories 🔸️ At the time of independence, India comprised two categories of political units, namely, the British provinces (under the direct rule of British government) and the princely states (under the rule of native princes but subject to the paramountcy of the British Crown). 🔸️ The Indian Independence Act (1947) created two independent and separate dominions of India and Pakistan and gave three options to the princely states which are :- • …

▪︎UNION and ITS TERRITORIES. 📌 ARTICLE 4 🔸️ Article 4 itself declares that laws made for admission or establishment of new states (under Article 2) and formation of new states and alteration of areas, boundaries or names of existing states (under Articles 3) are not to be considered as amendments of the Constitution under Article 368. 🔸️ This means that such laws can be passed by a simple majority and by the ordinary legislative process.

▪︎UNION and ITS TERRITORIES. 📌 PARLIAMENT’S POWER TO REORGANISE THE STATES. (ARTICLE - 3) 🔸️ Article 3 authorises the Parliament to: (a) form a new state by separation of territory from any state or by uniting two or more states or parts of states or by uniting any territory to a part of any state; (b) increase the area of any state; (c) diminish the area of any state; (d) alter the boundaries of any state; and (e) alter the name of any state. 🔸️ However, Article 3 lays down two conditio…

▪︎UNION and ITS TERRITORIES 📌 ARTICLE 2 🔸️ Article 2 empowers the Parliament to ‘admit into the Union of India, or establish, new states on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit’. 🔸️ Thus, Article 2 grants two powers to the Parliament: (a) the power to admit into the Union of India new states; and (b) the power to establish new states. 🔸️ The first refers to the admission of states which are already in existence, while the second refers to the establishment of states which were not in e…

▪︎UNION and ITS TERRITORIES. 📌 ARTICLE 1 🔸️ According to Article 1, the territory of India can be classified into three categories :- 1. Territories of the states. 2. Union territories. 3. Territories that may be acquired by the Government of India at any time. 🔸️ The names of states and union territories and their territorial extent are mentioned in the first schedule of the Constitution.

📌 UNION OF STATES. #Unionanditsterritories 🔸️ Article 1 describes India, that is, Bharat as a ‘Union of States’ rather than a ‘Federation of States’. 🔸️ This provision deals with two things: one, name of the country; and two, type of polity. There was no unanimity in the Constituent Assembly with regard to the name of the country. 🔸️ Some members suggested the traditional name (Bharat), while other advocated the modern name (India). Hence, the Constituent Assembly had to adopt a mix of both …

✏️ DEMOCRATIC DECENTRALISATION IN URBAN AREAS #Salientfeaturesofconstitution 🔶 India, like many other developing countries, has been experiencing rapid growth in recent decades. India’s urban population, which was hardly 10 percent at the beginning of the 20th century, reached 26 percent in nine decades. 🔶 Municipal bodies like the panchayats are not functioning effectively as units of local government due to structural, functional and financial constraints. 🔶 From time to time many committe…

✏️73rd AMENDMENT ACT #Salientfeaturesofconstitution 🔶 The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act was passed by the Parliament in April 1993. The Amendment provided a Constitutional status to the Panchayati Raj Institutions in India through insertion of Article 243 to Part IX of Indian Constitution. 🔶 The Act was enforced upon all the state governments through Constitutional Amendment in Article 243 M, that all states should amend their Panchayat Acts in conformity with the Constitutional provision…

✏️ DEMOCRATIC DECENTRALISATION IN RULAR AREAS #Salientfeaturesofconstitution 🔶After independence, rural development forms the crux of India’s development strategy. 🔶Rural development programmes aim at the improvement of the living standards of the rural poor by providing them opportunities for the optimum utilization of their potential through active participation in the development process. 🔶 In order to improve the participation of rural people in the process of development and involvement…

✏️DECENTRALISATION IN INDIA #Salientfeaturesofconstitution 🔶Decentralization can be defined as transfer or dispersal of decision making powers, accompanied by delegation of required authority to individuals or units at all levels of organization even if they are located far away from the power centre. 🔶 The most significant step in this regard was taken by the historic resolution of the Government of Lord Ripon in 1882. Lord Ripon was the first to initiate what may be called decentralization …

✏️BASICS OF DIVISION /DEVOLUTION OF POWER #Salientfeaturesofconstitution 🔶Decentralisation can be usefully understood as a political process whereby administrative authority, public resources and responsibilities are transferred from central government agencies to lower-level organs of government or to non -governmental bodies, such as community-based organisations (CBOs), ‘third party’ non-governmental organisations (NGOs) or private sector actors. Conceptually, important distinctions can be…