PSIR SCHEDULE
DATES PAPER 1 (By Saksham Bhatia Sir)
Political Theory & Indian Politics
1. Political Theory: meaning and approaches.
21/06/2025
2. Theories of state : Liberal, Neo-liberal, Marxist, Pluiralist, post-colonial and Feminist.
3. Justice : Conceptions of justice with special reference to Rawl’s theory of justice and its communitarian
24/06/2025 critiques.
4. Equality : Social, political and economic; relationship between equality and freedom; Affirmative action.
5. Rights : Meaning and theories; different kinds of rights; Concept of Human Rights.
26/06/2025 6. Democracy : Classical and contemporary theories; different models of democracy—representative, participatory and deliberative.
7. Concept of power : hegemony, ideology and legitimacy
19/06/2025 8. Political Ideologies : Liberalism, Socialism, Marxism, Fascism, Gandhism and Feminism.
14/06/2025 9. Indian Political Thought: Dharamshastra, Arthashastra and Buddhist Traditions; Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, Sri Aurobindo
17/06/2025 9. Indian Political Thought: M. K. Gandhi, B. R. Ambedkar, M. N. Roy
10/06/2025 10. Western Political Thought : Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke
12/06/2025 10. Western Political Thought : John S. Mill, Marx, Gramsci, Hannah Arendt.
Indian Government & Politics
Indian Nationalism :
(a) Political Strategies of India’s Freedom Struggle : Constitutionalism to mass Satyagraha, Noncooperation, Civil Disobedience; Militant and Revolutionary Movements, Peasant and Workers Movements.
01/07/2025 (b) Perspectives on Indian National Movement; Liberal, Socialist and Marxist; Radical Humanist and Government strives to have a workforce which reflects gender balance and women candidates are encouraged to apply.
03/07/2025 2. Making of the Indian Constitution : Legacies of the British rule; different social and political perspectives.
05/07/2025 3. Salient Features of the Indian Constitution : The Preamble, Fundamental Rights and Duties, Directive Principles; Parliamentary System and Amendment Procedures; Judicial Review and Basic Structure doctrine.
08/07/2025 4. (a) Principal Organs of the Union Government : Envisaged role and actual working of the Executive, Legislature and Supreme Court. (b) Principal Organs of the State Government : Envisaged role and actual working of the Executive, Legislature and High Courts.
5. Grassroots Democracy : Panchayati Raj and Municipal Government; Significance of 73rd and 74th Amendments; Grassroot movements.
10/07/2025 6. Statutory Institutions/Commissions : Election Commission, Comptroller and Auditor General, Finance Commission, Union Public Service Commission, National Commission for Scheduled Castes, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, National Commission for
Women; National Human Rights Commission, National Commission for Minorities, National Backward Classes Commission
7. Federalism : Constitutional provisions; changing nature of centre-state relations; integrationist tendencies and regional aspirations; inter-state disputes
12/07/2025
8. Planning and Economic development : Nehruvian and Gandhian perspectives; Role of planning and public sector; Green Revolution, land reforms and agrarian relations; liberalization and economic reforms.
15/07/2025 9. Caste, Religion and Ethnicity in Indian Politics.
10. Party System : National and regional political parties, ideological and social bases of parties; Patterns of coalition politics; Pressure groups, trends in electoral behaviour; changing socio-economic profile of Legislators.
17/07/2025
11. Social Movement : Civil liberties and human rights movements; women’s movements; environmentalist movements
PAPER 2 (By Arpit Sir)
Comparative Political Analysis and International Politics :
1. Comparative Politics : Nature and major approaches; Political economy and political sociology
11/06/2025 perspectives; Limitations of the comparative method.
2. State in Comparative Perspective : Characteristics and changing nature of the State in capitalist and
13/06/2025 socialist economies, and advanced industrial and developing societies.
3. Politics of Representation and Participation : Political parties, pressure groups and social movements in advanced industrial and developing societies.
16/06/2025 4. Globalisation : Responses from developed and developing societies.
18/06/2025 5. Approaches to the Study of International Relations : Idealist, Realist, Marxist, Functionalist and Systems theory
20/06/2025 6. Key Concepts in International Relations : National interest, security and power; Balance of power and deterrence; Transational actors and collective security; World capitalist economy and globalisation.
7. Changing International Political Order : (a) Rise of super powers; Strategic and ideological Bipolarity, arms race and cold war; Nuclear threat; (b) Non-aligned Movement : Aims and achievements. (c) Collapse of the Soviet Union; Unipolarity and American
23/06/2025 hegemony; Relevance of non-alignment in the contemporary world.
25/06/2025 8. Evolution of the International Economic System : From Brettonwoods to WTO; Socialist economies and the CMEA (Council for Mutual Economic Assistance); Third World demand for new international economic order; Globalisation of the world economy.
11/07/2025 9. United Nations : Envisaged role and actual record; Specialized UN agencies—aims and functioning; need for UN reforms
27/06/2025 10. Regionalisation of World Politics : EU, ASEAN, APEC, AARC, NAFTA.
30/06/2025 11. Contemporary Global Concerns : Democracy, human rights, environment, gender justice terrorism, nuclear proliferation.
India and the World
02/07/2025 1. Indian Foreign Policy : Determinants of foreign policy; the institutions of policy-making; Continuity and change.
2. India’s Contribution to the Non-Alignment Movement Different phases; Current role.
04/07/2025 3. India and South Asia : (a) Regional Co-operation : SAARC-past performance and future prospects. (b) South Asia as a Free Trade Area. (c) India’s “Look East” policy. (d) Impediments to regional co-operation : River water disputes; illegal cross border migration;
Ethnic conflicts and insurgencies; Border disputes.
07/07/2025 4. India and the Global South : Relations with Africa and Latin America; Leadership role in the demand for NIEO and WTO negotiations.
09/07/2025 5. India and the Global Centres of Power : USA, EU, Japan, China and Russia.
11/07/2025 6. India and the UN System: Role in UN Peace-keeping; Demand for Permanent Seat in the Security Council.
14/07/2025 7. India and the Nuclear Question : Changing perceptions and policy.
16/07/2025 8. Recent developments in Indian Foreign Policy : India’s position on the recent crises in Afghanistan, Iraq and West Asia, growing relations with US and Isreal; Vision of a new world order.
18/07/2025 8. Recent developments in Indian Foreign Policy : India’s position on the recent crises in Afghanistan, Iraq and West Asia, growing relations with US and Isreal; Vision of a new world order.
