UGC NET/JRF EXAM, June-2019 (Paper-II) POLITICAL SCIENCE

Stamp duty is a tax imposed on the sale of property ownership by the state government.
• Excise duty is a type of tax charged on goods product within the country.
• From the provided options only Stamp Duties and Excise Duties on medical and toilet materials are levied by the union but are collected and appropriated by the state.

Articles 74 and 75 of the India constitution cover the status of council of minister and the appointment tenure and responsibilities of ministers.
• After the 91st amendment act, It inserted in article 94 makes the provision that the council of ministers not more than 15% of the Lok Sabha's overall membership.

The preamble of India’s constitution reflects the objectives resolution proposed by Jawaharlal Nehru which was later on adopted by constituent assembly on January 22, 1947.
The important Supreme Court decisions the Berubari Union case from 1960 and the Kesavananda Bharati (1973) case decided whether or not the preamble is a component of the constitution.
The Supreme court ruled in the Berubari case that the preamble cannot of important authority since it is not a part of the constitution.

Article 256 to 263 of the constitution deals with the administrative relation between the centre and state.
Madan Mohan Punchhi commission was established to look into contemporary concerns of centre state relations.
• Its goal was not to impede or prejudiced the exercise of the executive power of the centre in state.
• It includes legislative relation, administrative relations, the role of governors, emergency provisions, financial relations, economic and social planning and institutions under the Panchayati Raj.

The Cabinet Mission plan was a statement made by the cabinet mission and the viceroy, Lord Wavell on May 16, 1946 that contained proposals regarding the constitutional future of India in the wake of Indian political parties and representatives not coming to an agreement.
• Lord Pethick-Lawrence (Secretary of State for India) Sir Stafford Cripps (President of the Board of Trade) A.V. Alexander (First Lord of Admiralty)

Under Article 131 of Indian constitution the power of the Supreme Court of India to decide disputes between the centre and the states falls under its original jurisdiction.
• Advisory Jurisdiction under Article 143.
• Appellate Jurisdiction under Article 136.
• Writ Jurisdiction under Article 32 and 226.

National Commission for Scheduled Tribes is under Article 338A.
• National Commission for Human Rights is under the Protection of Human Rights Act of 1993.
• National Commission for Minorities was established under the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992.
• National Commission for Scheduled Castes is under Article 338.
• National Commission for Human Rights and National Commission for Minorities both are statutory bodies, and National Commission for Scheduled Tribes and National Commission for Scheduled Castes are constitutional bodies.