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Grassroots Democracy — Part 1: Governance

CBSE · Class 6 · Social Science

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1. Governance, Government, and Laws

  • Governance is the process of making decisions, organising society, and ensuring that rules are followed.
  • Government is the group of people or system that makes the rules and ensures that they are followed.
  • Laws are the more important rules.
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2. Three Organs of Government

  • A modern government has three organs: legislature, executive, and judiciary.
  • These three organs must work together.
  • They must also remain separate in a system called separation of powers.
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3. Levels of Government in India

  • Any government operates at least at local and national levels.
  • In India, government works at three levels: local, State, and national.
  • The Indian government functions at the Centre or national level, the State level, and the local level.
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4. National and State Legislature, Executive, and Judiciary

  • The national legislature has two houses: Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
  • The State legislature is called Vidhan Sabha, or State Assembly.
  • Most States have a single assembly, while a few have two.

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Governance means taking decisionsGovernment is the group of individualsLaws are some of the moreThe legislature is the organThe executive is the organ

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