Comptroller and Auditor General of IndiaThe Comptroller and Auditor General of India is the supreme audit institution of India, established under Article 148 of the Constitution of India. They are empowered to audit all receipts and expenditure of the Government of India and the State Governments, including those of autonomous bodies and corporations substantially financed by the Government. The CAG is also the statutory auditor of Government-owned corporations and conducts supplementary audit of government companies in which the Government has an equity share of at least 51 percent or subsidiary companies of existing government companies.
Indian Forest ServiceThe Indian Forest Service (IFS) is one of the three All India Services of the Government of India. The other two All India Services being the Indian Administrative Service and the Indian Police Service. It was constituted in the year 1966 under the All India Services Act, 1951, by the Government of India. The service implements the National Forest Policy in order to ensure the ecological stability of the country through the protection and participatory sustainable management of natural resources.
Finance CommissionThe Finance Commissions (IAST: Vitta Āyoga) are commissions periodically constituted by the President of India under Article 280 of the Indian Constitution to define the financial relations between the central government of India and the individual state governments. The First Commission was established in 1951 under The Finance Commission (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1951. Fifteen Finance Commissions have been constituted since the promulgation of Indian Constitution in 1950.
Commission électorale indienneLa Commission électorale indienne (en anglais : Election Commission of India, en hindi : भारतीय चुनाव आयोग) est un organe autonome d'Inde établie par la Constitution. Elle est chargée de l'organisation et du contrôle de toutes les élections du Parlement, des législatures des États et territoires, du Président et du Vice-président. Sous la surveillance de la Commission, l'Inde organise des élections généralement considérées comme libres et démocratiques depuis 1950.
Public interest lawPublic interest law refers to legal practices undertaken to help poor, marginalized, or under-represented people, or to effect change in social policies in the public interest, on 'not for profit' terms (pro bono publico), often in the fields of civil rights, civil liberties, religious liberty, human rights, women's rights, consumer rights, environmental protection, and so on.
UntouchabilityUntouchability is a form of social institution that legitimises and enforces practices that are discriminatory, humiliating, exclusionary and exploitative against people belonging to certain social groups. Although comparable forms of discrimination are found all over the world, untouchability involving the caste system is largely unique to South Asia. The term is most commonly associated with treatment of the Dalit communities in the Indian subcontinent who were considered "polluting".
Élections en IndeLes élections en Inde sont organisées par la Commission électorale indienne. Elles concernent un corps électoral de de personnes, le plus important au monde. En raison du nombre important d'électeurs, elles se déroulent en plusieurs phases de vote (il y avait neuf phases lors des élections législatives indiennes de 2014). Depuis plusieurs années, les électeurs votent à l'aide de machines électroniques.
The HinduThe Hindu est un journal indien de langue anglaise diffusé essentiellement dans le sud de l'Inde, dans le Tamil Nadu (diffusion moyenne de 1,17 million d'exemplaires). Créé le à Chennai, il est fondé sur des principes d'honnêteté et de justice. D'abord hebdomadaire, il est devenu quotidien en 1889. Tiré à exemplaires, selon The Registrar of Newspapers for India (The Sunday Times of India arrive second avec un tirage à exemplaires), The Hindu est le périodique le plus diffusé du pays.
Autonomous administrative divisions of IndiaThe Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India allows for the formation of autonomous administrative divisions which have been given autonomy within their respective states. Most of these autonomous district councils are located in North East India with the exception of two in Ladakh and one in West Bengal. Presently, 10 Autonomous Councils in Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura are formed by virtue of the Sixth Schedule with the rest being formed as a result of other legislation.
