Borrowed features of Indian Constitution: General studies on Constitution of India for SSC, wbcs, ibps Exams

Borrowed features of Indian Constitution; General studies on Constitution of India for SSC,WBCS, IBPS, NDA Exams: Fundamental Rights of the Indian Constitution is taken from the Constitution of US. India have choosen the best constitutional features from the other constitution of the world. In this post, we have discussed the borrowed features of the Constitution of India in details.

General studies on Constitution of India is play a key role in the competitive exams like upsc, wbcs, psc, ssc, nda, ntpc etc exams. At list 2 to 5 questions will be there in the every competitve exams. Questions from borrowed features of the constitution of india must have in WBCS Preliminary, ssc cgl and other government job exams. To get full marks on general awarness section, it must to know about the whole questions on indian polity besides the borrowed features of indian constitution.

Enactment of the Constitution

     ⦁ The Drafting Committee prepared the draft of the Constitution, which came out in the open on Feb 4, 1948 (first reading) to elicit the public opinion and reaction to it. The assembly had a general discussion on it for five days.

     ⦁ The Constituent Assembly next met on Nov 15, 1948 when the provisions of the Draft were considered and discussed in detail (second reading). During this stage, as many as 7,653 amendments were proposed and 2,473 were actually discussed in the Assembly.

     ⦁ The third reading of the draft started on Nov 14, 1949. It was finally passed and accepted on Nov 26, 1949. The last session of the assembly was held on Jan 24, 1950, which unanimously elected Dr. Rajendra Prasad as the President of India. In all, 284 members of the Assembly signed the official copies of the Indian Constitution which came into effect on Jan 26, 1950, known and celebrated as the Republic Day of India.

     ⦁ The Constitution, adopted on Nov 26, 1949, contained a preamle, 395 articles and 8 scheduled (12 at present ).

Borrowed Features of the Constitution:

     ⦁ Nearly 75 per cent of the Constitution can be said to be a reproduction of Government of India Act. 1935 with suitable adaptations and modifications. The basic structure of the polity and provision regulating union-state relations, declaration of emergency etc. were ljargely based on the 1935 Act.

     ⦁ Besides the indigenous sources, the Constituent Assembly had before it several models of foreign Constitutions.

The following contitutional features was taken from Constitution of  UK.

     i). Nominal Head -- President

    ii). Cabinet System of Ministers

   iii). Post of PM

   iv). Parliamentary type of Government

    v). Bicameral Parliament

   vi). Lower house more powerful

  vii). Council of Ministers responsible to Lower House

 viii). Speaker in the Lok Sabha

   ix). Single Citizenship

The following contitutional features was taken from Constitution of   U.S.

i). Written Constitution

ii).  Executive head of state known as president and his being the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces

iii). Vice - President as the ex - officio Chairman of Rajya Sabha

iv). Fundamental Rights

v). Supreme Court

vi). Provision of States

vii). Indenpendence of Judiciary and Judicial review

viii). Preamble

ix). Removal of Supreme Court and High Court Judges

The following contitutional features was taken from Constitution of USSR

i). Fundamental Duties

ii). Five year Planning

The following contitutional features was taken from Constitution of  Australia

i). Concurrent list

ii). Language of the preamle

iii). Provision regarding trade, commerce and intercourse

The following contitutional features was taken from Constitution of japan

Law on which the Supreme Court function

From weimar constitution of Germany

i). Suspension of Fundamental Rights during the emergency

The following contitutional features was taken from Constitution of South Africa

i). Procedure of Constitutional Amendments

The following contitutional features was taken from Constitution of Canada

i). Scheme of federaion with a strong centre

ii). Distribution of powers between Centre and the State and placing residuary powers with the centre

The following contitutional features was taken from Constitution of Ireland

i). Concept of Derective Principles of State Policy.(Ireland borrowed from Spain)

ii). Method of Election of President

iii). Nomination of members in the Rajya Sabha by the President

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