General Studies II · Subtopic
Ministries and departments
Official syllabus
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.
UPSC CSE 2026 notification
What this covers
Explain how executive business is allocated among ministries and departments and coordinated through formally specified decision rules.
Key ideas
- Allocation of business
- Transaction of business
- Ministerial responsibility
- Interdepartmental coordination
- Administrative accountability