UPSC Prelims · General Studies

Polity

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State executive and legislature (Part VI, Chapters I to IV)

Governor: appointment, term, immunities

Appointment by the President; holds office during pleasure; no removal procedure (Art. 155-156)
One person may be Governor of two or more States (Art. 153)
Qualifications and conditions; emoluments not diminished (Art. 157-158)
Immunities of President and Governors (Art. 361)
Sarkaria Commission and later views on the Governor's office