The National People’s Party (NPP) has been recognised as the eighth national party by the Election Commission of India, making it the first regional party of the north-east to be accorded the status.Before NPP’s elevation, India had seven national parties.Trinamool Congress, led by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, became the seventh in September 2016.The […]
Read MoreUnder 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 […]
Read MoreNITI 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, […]
Read MoreGeneral 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 […]
Read MoreThe 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 […]
Read MoreFeatures 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 […]
Read MorePower 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, […]
Read MoreTo project the controversy involving the Chief Justice of India (CJI) as a potential threat to the institutional purity and integrity of the highest judicial office is not only highly premature, but undesirable as well. Some of the interpretations that have been made could impact the process of judicial reform that the incumbent had indicated […]
Read MoreThe 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 […]
Read MoreAfter 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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