India is a Democratic Republic Country as it functions on the principles of both Democracy and Republic. We(India) had a Dual Political System (Double Government) with Central government and State government. There are two separate assemblies called Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha.  Rajya Sabha represents the council of states, where the Lok Sabha represents the people of India. After the Independence in 1947, the first election was held in 1951, which was won by Indian National Congress. India have seen the single party dominance till 1990. After a period of 24 years, back in April 2014, Bharatia Janata Party showing a dominance of single party rule in the country. Read more about the Constitution of India and its detailed history in the book @ Laxmikanth’s Indian Polity. Indian Polity by Laxmikanth Indian Polity by Laxmikanth is one of the famous and the best comprehensive book to understand the political system of India.This book clearly tells about , how the Administrati

UPSC announced the notification for 2019  Civil services exam, which is going to held on 2nd June, 2019. Nearly, 12 lakh people applied for 2018 civil services exam, but only  3 lakh candidates appeared. This year, UPSC expects more applicants for the civil services post. Applicants are increasing every year, but the vacancies for the civil service posts decreased year by year. Year Total Vacancies Need 2014 1291 2015 1129 2016 1079 2017 980 2018 782 Will it be increased for UPSC Civil services 2019? According to the survey of Department of Personal and Training (DoPT), there is a shortage of 1492 IAS officers and 970 IPS Officers as per 2018.Over the last 5 years, 2018 considered to be the lowest hiring of civil servants to 782. The committee expressed the seriousness about the shortage of civil servants. State Total Vacancies Needed Filled Vacancies Uttar Pradesh 621 511 Bihar 342 235 Jharkhand