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How is a major policy decision taken?

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In this Class 9 Civics topic from “Working of Institutions,” students explore how a major policy decision moves through India’s democratic institutions. Using the example of a significant government decision, they learn about the roles of the Prime Minister, Council of Ministers, civil servants, Parliament and the judiciary. The topic explains consultation, official procedures, collective responsibility, public debate and institutional checks, helping students understand how political authority is exercised and held accountable.

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Expert · Level 57 · administrative order,parliamentary oversight,legality
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  1. Questions on democratic accountability and legal basis
  2. Question on voters' age
  3. Question on colour of election symbol
  4. Question on school exam time
Expert · Level 57 · expert committee,evidence based policy,advisory role
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  1. It bases decision on facts, study, and recommendations
  2. It ends people's role
  3. It removes judiciary
  4. It disqualifies ministers
Expert · Level 57 · coalition government,consensus,policy decision
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  1. Because interests and views of several parties must be balanced
  2. Because there are no ministers in coalition
  3. Because coalition is outside the Constitution
  4. Because Parliament ends in coalition
Expert · Level 57 · collective responsibility,Cabinet solidarity,accountability
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  1. Because the government must be publicly accountable as one united policy body
  2. Because each minister runs a separate government
  3. Because Parliament has no control
  4. Because President is leader of opposition
Expert · Level 57 · Mandal decision,judicial review,constitutional scrutiny
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  1. Limit of constitutional and legal scrutiny
  2. Limit of private trade
  3. Limit of media entertainment
  4. Limit of school timetable
Expert · Level 57 · public opposition,dissent,democratic accountability
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  1. Because citizens can question and criticise policy in democracy
  2. Because people have no relation with governance
  3. Because government never makes mistakes
  4. Because Parliament has no debate
Expert · Level 57 · policy communication,implementation clarity,administration
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  1. Confusion and different interpretations in implementation
  2. Automatic increase in Parliament's power
  3. Court preparing the budget
  4. Expansion of voter list
Expert · Level 57 · beneficiaries,targeting,policy effectiveness
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  1. Policy may reach the wrong group and weaken its goal
  2. Policy will always become more successful
  3. Parliament will automatically dissolve
  4. Judiciary will conduct elections
Expert · Level 57 · state governments,federalism,policy implementation
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  1. When implementation depends on states and local administration
  2. When policy applies only in space
  3. When Parliament does not exist
  4. When citizens have no rights
Expert · Level 57 · timeline,review,monitoring,evaluation
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  1. So progress can be measured and corrections made when needed
  2. So policy remains without record
  3. So public gets no information
  4. So Parliament becomes unnecessary
Expert · Level 57 · written records,documentation,accountability
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  1. Because records become the basis of accountability, reference, and later review
  2. Because records stop voting
  3. Because records end the Constitution
  4. Because records remove judiciary
Expert · Level 57 · legality,judicial review,Parliament law
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  1. Legality of policy and consistency with law
  2. Colour and name of policy
  3. Popularity in media
  4. Length of election slogan
Expert · Level 57 · impact assessment,affected groups,social justice
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  1. Problems of affected groups and unequal effects may be ignored
  2. Voters will get extra votes
  3. Parliament will become a court
  4. President will become Prime Minister
Expert · Level 57 · civics,working of institutions,public policy,evidence-based governance,data-driven decisions,democratic institutions
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  1. Data help understand problems, needs, and policy outcomes through evidence
  2. Data take final policy decisions in place of elected representatives
  3. Data ensure that every policy will succeed equally in all regions
  4. Data eliminate Parliament's constitutional process of making laws
Expert · Level 57 · law ministry,policy making,constitutional validity,legal scrutiny,working of institutions
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  1. Risk of legal or constitutional error
  2. Risk of reduced public support
  3. Risk of debate in Parliament
  4. Risk of administrative delay in implementation
Expert · Level 57 · collective responsibility,Cabinet decision,ministerial accountability
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  1. Collective responsibility
  2. Judicial review
  3. Adult franchise
  4. Secret ballot
Expert · Level 57 · media,Parliament,policy debate
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  1. Media shapes public discussion, Parliament is the formal forum of debate and accountability
  2. Media makes laws and Parliament reads news
  3. Both are branches of court
  4. Both have no relation with policy
Expert · Level 57 · opposition criticism,policy scrutiny,democracy
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  1. Because it can reveal policy gaps and alternative viewpoints
  2. Because it always brings down government
  3. Because it makes law unnecessary
  4. Because it closes judiciary
Expert · Level 57 · public opinion,constitutionality,constitutional democracy
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  1. Even popular policy must remain within Constitution and rights
  2. Public opinion always removes Constitution
  3. Constitution has no relation with policy
  4. Public opinion is always illegal
Expert · Level 57 · PMO,inter-ministerial coordination,policy
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  1. Because work and decisions of different ministries must be connected
  2. Because PMO writes judgments in place of court
  3. Because PMO abolishes Parliament
  4. Because PMO prepares voter lists