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Polity for UPPSC

The Constitution for GS II and Prelims, plus how Uttar Pradesh is governed: the legislature, Panchayati Raj, urban bodies, police administration, the Lokayukta and key state laws, which GS V covers.

3 guides·Conducted by Uttar Pradesh Public Service CommissionOfficial website

Study in this order

  1. 1How Uttar Pradesh is governedThe Governor at Jan Bhavan (formerly Raj Bhavan), the Chief Minister at Lok Bhavan, the Secretariat in Lucknow, the High Court at Prayagraj, and below them 18 divisions, 75 districts and more than 800 blocks. A clear map of how the government of India's most populous state is structured, from Lucknow to the village. 5 min read
  2. 2The UP LegislatureUttar Pradesh has the largest legislature of any Indian state — a 403-member Vidhan Sabha and a 100-member Vidhan Parishad. How the two houses are formed, what they do, how bills become law, and the questions UPPSC likes to ask about them. 4 min read
  3. 3Panchayati Raj in UPUttar Pradesh passed a panchayat law in 1947, the year of independence — nearly half a century before the 73rd Amendment. Today it has about 58,000 gram panchayats, the most of any state. How the three tiers work, what the Pradhan actually controls, and why panchayats in UP remain weaker than the Constitution intended. 4 min read

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