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Challenges to Indian Polity in the 21st Century

Subject: Polity

Book: Indian Polity by M. Laxmikanth

Encompass populist politics, digital misinformation, identity-based polarization, growing inequalities, and regional demands for autonomy. Constitutional institutions adapt through legal reforms, e-governance, and dynamic judicial interpretations. However, caste-based mobilization, communal tensions, or radical movements test the resilience of democracy. Rapid urbanization strains local bodies, while climate change intensifies resource conflicts. The Constitution’s flexibility, anchored in fundamental rights and cooperative federalism, remains a stabilizing force. Strengthening local governance, bridging digital divides, ensuring economic inclusion, and sustaining institutional independence are vital for upholding constitutional ideals. India’s polity, though robust, requires continuous innovation to fulfill its founding promise of justice, liberty, equality, and fraternity for all.

Practice Questions

Which article of the Indian Constitution provides for the amendment process?

Who among the following was the first woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha?

अभियोजक की नियुक्ति किस प्रावधान के तहत होती है?

What is the maximum number of judges in the Supreme Court of India?

Which of the following is NOT a feature of the Indian Constitution?

संसद सदस्यों की योग्यता किस अनुच्छेद में निर्धारित है?

विधान सभा के चुनाव में किस निर्वाचन प्रणाली का उपयोग होता है?

संसद के अधिवेशन की अवधि किस आधार पर निर्धारित होती है?

किस संविधान संशोधन ने राष्ट्रपति के चुनाव में एकल मत प्रणाली अपनाने का प्रावधान किया?

सूचना का अधिकार किस अधिनियम के अंतर्गत आता है?