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Examine the role and functioning of the Election Commission of India and the Comptroller and Auditor General in the last two decades.

  • UPSC 2020
  • 20 marks
  • Statutory Institutions and Commissions

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The Election Commission of India (ECI, Art. 324) and the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG, Arts. 148–151) are India's leading institutions of what Guillermo O'Donnell called horizontal accountability: state agencies empowered to check other state agencies. Between roughly 2000 and 2020 both moved from routine administration to assertive public roles, and both then faced sharper…

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  • Election Commission: modernisation and assertion
  • CAG: from accountant to agenda-setter
  • The two decades compared
  • Conclusion
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