MAINS 2014 · GS II · INDIAN POLITY

The size of the cabinet should be as big as governmental work justifies and as big as the…

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2014 GS Paper II Indian Polity

GS Paper II 12 marks 150 words Indian Polity

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The size of the cabinet should be as big as governmental work justifies and as big as the Prime Minister can manage as a team. How far is the efficacy of a government then inversely related to the size of the cabinet? Discuss.

Syllabus link: GS II – Executive & Judiciary: Structure, organization and functioning of the Executive and the Judiciary—Ministries and Departments of the Government; pressure groups and formal/informal associations and their role in the Polity.

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