Grassroots Democracy — Part 1: Governance
CBSE · Class 6 · Social Science
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Understanding Governance and Government
- Governance is the process of taking decisions, organizing society's life with rules, and ensuring they are followed
- Government is the group of individuals or system that makes rules and ensures they are followed
- Rules are necessary to maintain order and harmony when large numbers of people live together
Three Organs of Government
- Legislature: Makes new laws, updates or removes existing laws through representatives
- Executive: Implements or executes the laws, includes head of state, ministers, and enforcement agencies
- Judiciary: System of courts that decides if laws are broken and determines appropriate action
Three Levels of Government
- Indian government functions at three levels: Local, State, and Central/Union
- Local governments handle local issues and problems
- State governments manage state-level matters and implement central laws
Democracy and Representative Democracy
- Democracy means 'rule of the people' (from Greek: demos = people, kratos = power)
- Representative democracy: People elect representatives who make decisions on their behalf
- India is the world's largest democracy with about 970 million voters
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- National Education Policy 2020 — education.gov.in
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