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Polity for BPSC

The Indian Constitution plus Bihar's governance: the legislature, Panchayati Raj with half the seats reserved for women, prohibition, the caste survey and reservation. It is tested in Prelims and in GS II, which expects Bihar-specific examples.

3 guides·Conducted by Bihar Public Service CommissionOfficial website

Study in this order

  1. 1How Bihar is governedFrom the Governor and the Chief Minister in Patna to the District Magistrate, the SDO, the BDO and the Circle Officer — the structure of Bihar's government, the posts BPSC recruits for, and how they fit together. 4 min read
  2. 2The Bihar LegislatureBihar is one of the few states with two houses — a 243-member Vidhan Sabha and a 75-member Vidhan Parishad — and its legislative history goes back to the councils of 1912. Composition, powers, procedures, committees and the history of the Bihar Legislature, with the numbers BPSC asks. 4 min read
  3. 3Panchayati Raj in Bihar and 50 per cent for womenIn 2006, Bihar became the first state in India to reserve half of all panchayat seats for women — and it gave its villages their own courts, the Gram Kachaharis. How Bihar's three-tier Panchayati Raj works, what makes it distinctive, and where it falls short. 4 min read

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