Category: Indian Polity ,Governance & Issues

Government has reconstituted Cabinet Committees.

Under the Transaction of Business Rules, the Government has reconstituted Cabinet Committees. These include – Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, Cabinet Committee on Accommodation, Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs, Cabinet Committee on Security, Cabinet Committee on Investment and Growth and Cabinet Committee on Employment and […]

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NITI Aayog reconstituted

NITI Aayog reconstituted Government has reconstituted NITI Aayog. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the re-constitution of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog as follows: Chairperson                             Prime Minister Vice-Chairperson                    Dr. Rajiv Kumar Full-Time Members                 (i) Shri V.K. Saraswat (ii) Prof. Ramesh Chand (iii) Dr. V.K. Paul Ex-officio Members                (i)  Shri Raj Nath Singh, […]

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General Elections 2019:analytical analysis for upsc

General Elections 2019The general election saw serious questions being posed to the Election Commission. The 17th Lok Sabha must deliberate on themThe biggest election in the world has finally come to a successful end for which the three Election Commissioners and their 12 million staff deserve appreciation. Unfortunately, what deserved to be remembered as a […]

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What’s your adversity quotient? Organisations emphasising on test AQ rather than just EQ and IQ

The meaning of the word ‘adverse’ is a hostile or critical situation. We all face some or the other adversities in life; it’s only during adversities that one really comes to know who are friends and well-wishers. Like IQ (intelligence quotient), EQ (emotional quotient) and SQ (spiritual quotient), there is an AQ (adversity quotient), which […]

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Features of uttarakhand Lokayukta act 2016 simplified

Features of uttarakhand Lokayukta act 2016 simplified. गौरतलब है कि राज्य गठन के बाद जस्टिस रजा शाह सबसे पहले लोकायुक्त बने थे। उनके बाद जस्टिस घिल्डियाल ने बतौर लोकायुक्त राज्य में तैनाती पाई। उनका कार्यकाल समाप्त होने के बाद से यह पद खाली पड़ा था ऐसे बनेगा लोकायुक्त का ढांचा– एक अध्यक्ष, जो उच्च न्यायालय […]

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Power sharing: Why states are failing decentralisation

Power sharing: Why states are failing decentralisation The states have not cared to create institutions and systems mandated in the Constitution, including the appointment of the State Finance Commissions, and even when they are appointed, states have not found it obligatory to place their reports in the legislature. Despite the 73rd and 74th Constitutional amendments, […]

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The time has come to amend the Constitution to fix the proportion of shareable taxes for the States

The time has come to amend the Constitution to fix the proportion of shareable taxes for the States Federalism is an old concept. Its origin is mainly political. It is well known that the efficiency of a government depends on, among other factors, its structure. In large countries, it has been felt that only a […]

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Lokpal Act ushers in a new era of justice

After nearly a decade of agitations, demands by the civil society, elections and court hearings, the first Lokpal has been appointed. Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose, a retired judge of the Supreme Court, has occupied the position. He has had a distinguished career and is known for overturning Karnataka High Court judgment in the Sasikala case […]

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What is contempt under the Indian law?

What is contempt under the Indian law? In India, the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, divides contempt into civil contempt and criminal contempt. ‘Civil contempt’ is a ‘wilful disobedience to any judgment, decree, direction, order, writ or other processes of a Court or wilful breach of an undertaking given to the court’. ‘Criminal contempt’ is ‘the […]

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