Constitutional bodies in India

*Attorney General of India

*National Commission for Scheduled Castes,

*National Commission for Scheduled Tribes,

*National Commission for Backward Classes, etc.

Statutory Bodies in India

*National Commission for Women

*Central Vigilance Commission

*National Green Tribunal

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List of constitutional bodies in India along with the relevant articles of the Indian Constitution that establish or provide for their creation:

1. Election Commission of India (ECI):
- Article 324

2. Union Public Service Commission (UPSC):
- Article 315-323

3. State Public Service Commissions (SPSC):
- Article 315

4. Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG):
- Article 148-151

5. Attorney General of India:
- Article 76 Join @CseUPSCnotes

6. Solicitor General of India:
- Article 76

7. National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC): join @cseupscnotes
- Article 338

8. National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST):
- Article 338A

9. Finance Commission:
- Article 280

10. Inter-State Council:
- Article 263

List of statutory bodies in india 1. National Human Rights Commission (NHRC):
- Not specifically mentioned in the Constitution but established through the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993.

2. National Commission for Women (NCW):
- Not specifically mentioned in the Constitution but established through an Act of Parliament in 1990.

3. National Commission for Minorities (NCM):
- Not specifically mentioned in the Constitution but established through the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992. @cseupscnotes

4. National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC):
- Not specifically mentioned in the Constitution but established through the National Commission for Backward Classes Act, 1993.

5. Planning Commission (Replaced by NITI Aayog):
- Not specifically mentioned in the Constitution. The Planning Commission was set up by a Government Resolution, and NITI Aayog was established through an Executive Order.

6. NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India):
- Established through an Executive Order, not mentioned in the Constitution.

7. Language Commission:
- Not specifically mentioned in the Constitution but established through various resolutions and recommendations.

8. Delimitation Commission:
- Delimitation is carried out based on Delimitation Acts, not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution.

9. National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR):
- Not specifically mentioned in the Constitution but established through the Commissions for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005.

10. Central Vigilance Commission (CVC):
- Not specifically mentioned in the Constitution but established through the Central Vigilance Commission Act, 2003.

11. Central Information Commission (CIC):
- Not specifically mentioned in the Constitution but established through the Right to Information Act, 2005.

These constitutional and statutory bodies collectively contribute to the governance and oversight of various aspects of the Indian state.

Cyber ethics

1. Obeying the law: Users of the internet must abide by the law of the land and not use internet for illegal activities such as hacking, defrauding, stalking, harassing etc.

2. Intellectual property rights: Content created online is often protected by copyrights which must be respected by other users. This is essential for innovation and authenticity on the web.

3. Privacy: Despite availability of modern technology like mass surveillance, spyware etc. users must respect each other’s privacy and dignity. Informed consent must be taken from users before their private information is obtained by online platforms.

4. Free and open internet: Governments, service providers and other stakeholders must ensure that internet remains open for all and free from any barriers. The recent demands for net neutrality aim to uphold this ethic of cyberspace.

5. Respect: Users are expected to show basic respect and courtesy in their behaviour online so as to provide a healthy and stable environment to all. Recent problems of trolling, abusing, shaming etc. highlight the importance of this ethic.

6. Public decency: Since internet is a public platform, users must ensure that their content is decent and appropriate for all audience including children. Offensive content like pornography, brutality must be avoided.

7. Honesty: In the age of social media, users apart from platforms can also create content of their own. Both user as well as platforms must create and share only true, complete and accurate information. Violation of this norm leads to the menace of fake news, rumour mongering etc. which ultimately goes on to undermine people’s faith in internet.

Administrative ethics

1. Transparency: Administration must not only adhere to transparency laws but must also voluntarily disclose all information to the public so that corruption and mala fide decisions are prevented and public knows the true picture of the government. Woodrow Wilson rightly said ‘corruption thrives in secret places, and avoids public places.’

2. Integrity: Integrity is often called the value of values. It demands that administrators must strongly and uncompromisingly uphold the values of civil service. It is said that if integrity is there, nothing else matters…if integrity is not there, nothing else matters.
Civil servants like Ashok Khemka, Sanjiv Chaturvedi are shining examples of integrity and inspire present and future civil servants.

3. Objectivity: Civil servants must take decisions in an objective manner based only on facts and logic without the undue influence of bias or prejudice. For example, a civil servant’s advice to politicians should not be based on personal beliefs but facts of the matter.

4. Compassion: In an underdeveloped country with widespread poverty and hunger, civil servants must show compassion towards the weaker sections in order to fulfil their needs. For instance, if a needy beneficiary under a scheme does not have valid documents, an officer should not simply reject the application but make efforts to get him necessary documents and provide him due benefits.

5. Dedication to public service: Governance in a democracy involves many challenges and pressures and hence, requires utmost dedication on the part of civil servants so that they can strive to serve the people despite the challenges. Such dedication ensures that civil servants remain motivated throughout their long careers. Recent UN Award for community policing to Bastar police shows the dedication of the police department of the district.

6. Impartiality: Civil servants should treat everyone equally regardless of their religion, class, caste etc. This is essential for rule of law and maintains people’s faith in democracy. Article 14 and 15 of the Indian Constitution establish the right to equality for all citizens of India.

Public Interest

✅The term ‘public interest’ means matters concerning welfare of the people. Civil service or public service is for the welfare of the people.
✅As such policies and their implementation should be guided by public interest or public welfare. All government works have the overriding motive of public interest.
✅Civil servants should be guided solely by public interestin their official decision making.

♻️Administrative ethics

1. Transparency: Administration must not only adhere to transparency laws but must also voluntarily disclose all information to the public so that corruption and mala fide decisions are prevented and public knows the true picture of the government. Woodrow Wilson rightly said ‘corruption thrives in secret places, and avoids public places.’

2. Integrity: Integrity is often called the value of values. It demands that administrators must strongly and uncompromisingly uphold the values of civil service. It is said that if integrity is there, nothing else matters…if integrity is not there, nothing else matters.
Civil servants like Ashok Khemka, Sanjiv Chaturvedi are shining examples of integrity and inspire present and future civil servants.

3. Objectivity: Civil servants must take decisions in an objective manner based only on facts and logic without the undue influence of bias or prejudice. For example, a civil servant’s advice to politicians should not be based on personal beliefs but facts of the matter.

4. Compassion: In an underdeveloped country with widespread poverty and hunger, civil servants must show compassion towards the weaker sections in order to fulfil their needs. For instance, if a needy beneficiary under a scheme does not have valid documents, an officer should not simply reject the application but make efforts to get him necessary documents and provide him due benefits.

5. Dedication to public service: Governance in a democracy involves many challenges and pressures and hence, requires utmost dedication on the part of civil servants so that they can strive to serve the people despite the challenges. Such dedication ensures that civil servants remain motivated throughout their long careers. Recent UN Award for community policing to Bastar police shows the dedication of the police department of the district.

6. Impartiality: Civil servants should treat everyone equally regardless of their religion, class, caste etc. This is essential for rule of law and maintains people’s faith in democracy. Article 14 and 15 of the Indian Constitution establish the right to equality for all citizens of India.