MPPSC GS II

                                               Syllabus

PAPER II -GENERAL STUDIES -(II)

1. The Constitution, the Political and Administrative Structure of Governance. 

     1.1   Constitution drafting committee, The Constitution of India, The Preamble, Basic Structure,    

             Fundamental Rights and Duties and Directive principles of state policy, Schedules of the Constitution, Constitutional amendments. Comparison of the Indian Constitution with that  of other countries. 

     1.2   Centre and State Legislature. 

     1.3   Centre and State Executive.

     1.4   Judiciary - Supreme Court, High Court, District and Subordinate Court, Contempt of Court. 

     1.5   Nature of the Indian Union, Centre-State Relations, Division of Power (Centre List, State

             List and Concurrent List). Distribution of resources. 

     1.6   Decentralization and peoples participation in Democratic Governance. Self Government, 

             73rd and 74th amendment of Constitution. The Panchayats, The Municipalities. (Rural

              and Urban Local Governance) 

     1.7   Lokpal, Lokayukt and Lok Nyayalaya -Judiciary as a watch-dog protecting Constitutional 

             Order- Judicial Activism, Public Interest Litigation. 

     1.8   Accountability and Rights :- Competition Commission, Consumer Courts, Information 

             Commission, Women Commission, Human Rights Commissions, SC/ ST/OBC    

             Commissions redressed agencies / authorities. Transparency and Accountability, Right to

             Information, Right to Services, Utilization of public funds. 

     1.9   Democracy at work, Political Parties, Political Representation, Citizens Participation in

             Decision Making. 

     1.10 Elections, Election Commission, Electoral reforms. 

     1.11 Emergence of Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and Government Organizations     

             (NGOs); Self Help Groups. 

     1.12 Issues and role of media (Electronic, Print and Social)

2. Security issues: External and Internal.

3. Social & Some Important Legislation:

     3.1   Indian society, Social Legislation as an instrument of Social Change.

     3.2   The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993

     3.3   Protection to Women Women & Criminal Law [Under Indian Constitution Law & criminal

             Procedure code]

     3.4   Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act-2005

     3.5   The Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955

     3.6   The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989

     3.7   Right to Information Act, 2005

     3.8   Environment (Protection) Act, 1986

     3.9   The Consumer Protection Act, 1986

     3.10  Information Technology Act, 2000

     3.11  The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988

     3.12  The Madhya Pradesh Lok Sewaon ke Pradan ki Guarantee Adhiniyam- 2010

4- Social Sector - Health, Education & Empowerment - 

     4.1   Health services, Preventive and curative health programmes in India / with an emphasis on

             children and women’s health. Issues related to availability of curative health to all.

             Availability of doctor & Paramedical staff. Health services in rural area.

      4.2  Malnutrition, its causes and effects and Govt. programmes for supplementing Nutrition

      4.3  The technological interventions in the field of Immunology, Immunization, Family health,

              Biotechnology, Communicable and non-communicable diseases and remedies.

      4.4   Vital statistics

      4.5   W.H.O.-Objectives, Structures, functions and its programmes. 

5- Education systems - 

           Education as a tool of HR development, Universal elementary education, Quality of Higher

           and Technical, Vocational Education. Issues related to girls education, under privileged classes

           and differently abled classes.

6- Human resource development - 

         Availability of skilled manpower, employability and productivity of human resource of India,
         trends of employment, role of institutions like NCHER, NCERT, NIEPA, UGC, Open
         Universities, AICTE, NCTE, NCVT, ICAR, IITs, NITs. NLUs, IIMs, Polytechnic and ITIs etc.
         and human resource development.

7- Welfare programmes - 

        Welfare programmes and Issues related to - Aged people, Differently able people, Children,
        Women, Labour, Socially deprived Classes and Displaced groups of developmental projects.

8- Public Services-

       Public Services, All India Services, Central Services, State Services, Constitutional Positions;
       Role and function, nature of function, Union Public Service Commission, M.P. State Public
       Service Commission. Training and Training Institutions of State and Centre in context of
       changing governance pattern.

9- Public Expenditure and Accounts- 

    Control over public Expenditure, Parliamentary control, Estimate Committee, Public Accounts
    Committee etc. Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Role of Finance Ministry
    in Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Composition and function of Accountant General of M.P.

10- International Organizations- 

   10.1 UN and its associate organizations.
   10.2 IMF, The World Bank and Asian Development Bank
   10.3 SAARC, BRICS, other Bilateral and Regional groupings
   10.4 WTO and its impact on India.