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INDIAN CONSTITUTION AND POLITICS

The Constitution of the country provides the rule and the regulation for the people and office to work effectively. In the other words, the constitution defines the aspects of the political system of the country.

Introduction

The Constitution means a set of basic rules, fundamental principles are established that identify and define the different rules and regulations for the people and control different aspects and the structure of state and nation. 

Discussion

The Indian Constitution

The Indian constitution has the three major organs of the government that are 

  • Executive
  • Legislature 
  • Judiciary

The Constitution provides freedom and rights to the citizens of the country and the relationships between the individual’s citizens in the state and the Indian government. The constitution controls the rule and the regulation of the state and the government controls the state government. Therefore they cannot take the decision that is not fair for the people of that state. 

Constitutional values

The constitution of the country works for a different purpose; it is based on certain ideals that inspire the people to live in the country. In India, there are different communities of the people and their beliefs are different. A constitution provides a set of rules and principles that the citizens have to be conscious of. It is the form of basis that the people of the country want to be governed by the government. The Indian constitution has all the values human wants in the democratic in the modern age. They provide freedom to the different religious people and they are free to follow any religion according to their thoughts. 

“Constitutional values and the preamble of the Constitution”

The values that are provided by the Indian government are given below, that provide freedom to the people of India and they are free to follow any religion in the country. The constitution of India is not based on the religion of the people however most of the population in India follow the Hinduism religion.  The constitution of India is secularism, republic, justice, equality. The Constitution of India provides freedom to the people, all the people are equally treated against the law no one is greater than law. All the rich and the poor people have to follow the rules and regulations provided by the people. 

Values and the salient features of the Constitution

The body of constitutional values is important for the successful function of Indian democracy. Eight values of the Indian constitution help them in the successful functioning of the Indian democracy. The constitution is in written form and they are able to change their rule for the welfare of the people. The Constitution has an integrated judiciary system that takes care of all the citizens and the government is following the rules and regulations provided by the government. 

Federal system in India

The world has two types of government, one is the government of the state is the government of the country and the other is the government of the state and country are different. India follows the two-tier government in its condition that helps the government to do more and more effective work on the welfare of the people. The state government are able to change the rules according to the welfare of the people and that rule is only capable for that state only if the state government is promoting the illegal issue in their state then the central government has the power to control the state and take the effective decision for the state to discrete the illegal activities in the state. All the powers are distributed to the different departments and they are not able to take the decision only. They have to follow many rules and regulations to make the new policy. The distribution of the power helps the government to run correctly and the decision is not taken in an instant way however the constitution also government to take an instant decision in any kind of pandemic or the other issues that the country is facing. 

“Characteristics of the Indian Federal system”

  1. “Two-tier government”
  2. Division of powers
  3. Written Constitution
  4. Independence of judiciary

Parliamentary form of Indian Government

The parliamentary from the Indian government is adopted by the British government. Before 1947 the parliamentary of India was governed by the British government. The government is close to the legislature and executive and they work more effectively for the welfare of the people. The parliamentary system of India is dining well and they have structured it in such a way that the state government is the pattern of the central government and they are in the structure of the Central government. 

  • “Relationship between the legislature and the Executive” 
  • “Responsibility of the executive to the legislature”
  • Nominal and real executive 
  • Prime minister as the real executive

Conclusion

India is a democratic country that allows the people to follow any religion according to their beliefs. They welcome all the beliefs of the people and the citizens of India get the freedom to speak. They are able to travel to any part of the country without any restriction. They get all facilities that are needed in a democratic government, they are selected by the people and they are for the people.