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Constitutional bodies

Constitutional bodies for UPSC Prelims and Mains, taught in 2 parts. Each part has tables, exam traps, a recap and practice questions, and every paragraph is explained in Malayalam.

Quick recap: Quick recap: Constitutional bodies on one page

Both parts of Constitutional bodies condensed for quick revision: the Election Commission, Public Service Commissions, Finance Commission, CAG, the national commissions for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes, the Special Officer for Linguistic Minorities, the Advocate General and the main statutory and executive bodies, with an at-a-glance table and eight mixed questions.

Parts of this chapter

Part 1

Election Commission, Public Service Commissions and Finance Commission

What makes a body constitutional; the Election Commission under Article 324 (appointment after Anoop Baranwal and the 2023 Act, removal, Seshan, Articles 325–329, symbols and the Model Code); the UPSC and State Public Service Commissions (Articles 315–323: appointment, removal, functions, non-binding advice); and the Finance Commission under Articles 280–281. Part 2

CAG, commissions for weaker sections and non-constitutional bodies

The Comptroller and Auditor-General (Articles 148–151: appointment, removal, the 1971 Act, audit reports and the Public Accounts Committee); the National Commissions for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes (Articles 338, 338A, 338B; 65th, 89th, 102nd and 105th Amendments); the Special Officer for Linguistic Minorities (Article 350B); the Advocate General compared with the Attorney General; and how constitutional, statutory and executive bodies differ.

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