The Panchayati Raj is based on the Principle of

• Decentralisation

• Deconcentration

• Democratic Centralism

• Democratic Decentralisation

Explain the salient features of Panchayati Raj Act.

Discuss the Karachi Congress Resolution 1931. Also mention those programmes or politics which had been declared by the Congress to be accepted or implemented by the Swaraj Government in the country.

Interest groups are part and parcel of a functioning democracy. Discuss.

Read the snippets from the debates held in the Constituent Assembly. Identify the interest groups. Discuss what kind of interest groups exist in the contemporary India. How do they functions?

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Read the above snippets of the debates carefully. Discuss how different concerns were being expressed and debated. How relevant are these issue today?

Discuss constitutional norms and social justice in about 250 -300 words.

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Why is it useful to understand difference between law and justice? How does interpretation to laws aid social justice in India?

Create a ‘Phad’ or a scroll with your own mandate when standing for school election. (This could be done in small groups of 5, like of 5, like a Panchayat).

Have you heard of Bal Panchayat and Mazdoor Kissan Sanghathan? If not, find out and write a note about them in about 200 words.

The 73rd amendment has been monumental in bringing a voice in the people in the village. Discuss.

Discuss the responsibility of Panchayats.

Write an essay on the ways that the Indian constitution touches people’s everyday life, drawing upon different examples.