Analyse the role of local bodies in providing good governance at local level and bring out the pros and cons of merging the rural local bodies with the urban local bodies.

Smart cities in India cannot sustain without smart villages. Discuss this statement in the backdrop of rural-urban integration.

In absence of a well-educated and organized local level government system, ‘Panchayats’ and ‘Samitis’ have remained mainly political institutions and not effective instruments of governance. Critically discuss.

“The local self-government system in India has not proved to be effective instrument of governance”. Critically examine the statement and give your views to improve the situation.

Assess the importance of Panchayat system in India as a part of local government. Apart from government grants, what sources the Panchayats can look out for financing developmental projects.

Right to privacy is intrinsic to life and personal liberty and is inherently protected under Article 21 of the constitution. Explain. In this reference discuss the law relating to D.N.A. testing of child in the womb to establish its paternity.

What changes has the Union Government recently introduced in the domain of Centre-State relations? Suggest measures to be adopted to build the trust between the Centre and the States and for strengthening federalism.

"The growth of cabinet system has practically resulted in the marginalisation of the parliamentary supremacy." Elucidate.

Discuss India as a secular state and compare with the secular principles of the US constitution.

Explain the reasons for the growth of public interest litigation in India. As a result of it, has the Indian Supreme Court emerged as the world's most powerful judiciary?

Examine the need for electoral reforms as suggested by various Electoral reforms committees with particular reference to 'one nation - one election' and simultaneous election principle. Discuss the 'corrupt practices' for the purpose of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.