This is an undergraduate textbook on Indian Government and Politics. It discusses political development in India since independence. Divided into five parts its contents include: Overview of the Indian Political system- Problems facing India on the eve of independence, The Constituent assembly: perspective on the Indian polity, Constitutional provisions and institutional functioning; Indian constitution-Fundamental rights, directive principles and fundamental duties, Nature of Indian state, Social structure and the democratic process, perspectives and problems, The federal structure and process; area of tension, state reorganization policy in India, Indian Parliament, President and federal executive, Judiciary: judicial review and judicial activism, State governments and their functioning, Constitutional amendments: socio-political implications; Party system and elections- Indian party system: national and regional parties, Elections in India: politics and voting behavior; Development process- Peasent, labor and tribal movements in India, Woment and Dalit and backward class movements, Problems of underdevelopment; poverty,illiteracy,regional imbalance and environment degradation, Nation integration, Development process and foreign policy; This book also discusses issues like Right to education, Right to information, human rights, gender, environment and rights of forest dwellers.

Table of Contents:
1. Swatantrata ki purva sandhya par Bharat ke samne samsyayein (Problems facing India on the eve of independence) 2. Samvidhan Sabha: Bhartiya rajya vyavstha ke paripekshya mein (The Constituent assembly: perspective on the Indian polity) 3. Bhartiya Samvidhan: Maulik adhikar, rajya ke neeti nideshak sidhant, Molik kartvya (Indian constitution: fundamental rights, directive principles and fundamental duties) 4. Bhartiya rajya ki prakriti: nirdharit tatva v dharnayain (Nature of Indian state) 5. Samajik sanrachna v loktantrik prakriya; pripekshya, rujhan v chunotiyan (Social structure and the democratic process, perspectives and problems) 6. Sanghatamak sanrachana aur pranali; Kendra-rajyo ke Madhya tanav aur khichav ke karan (The federal structure and process; area of tension) 7. Bhartiya sangh mein rajya punarghathan neeti (state reorganization policy in India) 8. Bhartiya sansad (Indian Parliament) 9. Bhart ka rastrapati evm sanghiya karya palika (The President and federal executive) 10. Bhartiya nyayapalika: nyayik samiksha tatha nyayik sakriyata (Judiciary: judicial review and judicial activism) 11. Rajya sarkar aur unki karya pranali (State governments and their functioning) 12. Sathaniya swashashan (Local self governance) 13. Prashasan ki prakriti tatha rajnetik evm vikas prakriya mein iski bhumika (Nature of administration and its role in political and development process) 14. Samvaidhanik sansodha: Samajik evm rajnitik parivartan (Constitutional amendments: socio-political implications 15. Bhartiya daliya vyvastha: rastriya evm kshetriya dal (Indian party system: national and regional parties) 16. Bharat mein dabav samuh(Pressure groups in India) 17. Bharat mein nirvachan: rajneeti aur matdan vyahar (Elections in India: politics and voting behavior) 18. Bharat mein kisan, majdoor evm janjatiya andolan (Peasent, labor and tribal movements in India) 19. Bharat mein mahila andolan (Woment movements in India) 20. Dalit andolan (Dalit and backward class movements) 21. Alp vikas ki samsyan: garibi, ashiksha, kshetriya asantulan tatha prayvaran avnati (Problems of underdevelopment; poverty,illiteracy,regional imbalance and environment degradation) 22. Bharat ki prayavaran neetiyan (Environmental policies of India) 23. Vikas ki ranneeti (Strategy of development) 24. Rastriya akikaran (Nation integration) 25. Vikas prakriya evm videsh neeti (Development process and foreign policy) 26. Bharat aur manvadhikar (India and human rights) 27. Paryavaran sambandhi pramukh chinta aur vanvasiyon ke adhikar (Environment and rights of forest dwellers)