What should you understand by the term Polity?
For ease of convenience it’s always mentioned as polity, but UPSC syllabus for Prelims elaborate this topics in a few more words, ie. “Indian Polity and Governance – Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc.” Undoubtedly, Constitution is the most important topic under Indian Polity. Apart from that new bills, laws, governance issues etc. should also be studied.
Books to Study Indian Polity
- Indian Polity for Civil Services Examinations – M. Laxmikanth is a really useful book for all stages of examinations.
- Introduction to the Constitution of India by Durga Das Basu – A much more authoritative text on Indian polity. Good reference material for Supreme Court judgments, but beginners may find it tough.
- Our Parliament by Subhash Kashyap.
- India Year Book.
- Class 11 and 12 NCERT textbook of Political Science, especially, ‘Indian Constitution at work’.
Additional Books for IAS Mains
For polity, governance, social justice and foreign relations topics for mains, certain new books are available in the market. Links for them are given below:
- IAS Mains General Studies Paper 2 (Arihant Manual – GS2).
- Governance in India for CSE – Laxmikanth (Governance – GS2).
- Pax Indica – Shashi Tharoor (Foreign Policy – GS2).
- India and the World by Surendra Kumar (Foreign Policy – GS2).
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