High-Power Ladakh Committee: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) constituted a high-powered committee chaired by Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai for the Union Territory of Ladakh. Committee was formed After the unique status of the formerly-existing State of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution was read down by Parliament on […]
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e-SCR Project
e-SCR Project: Electronic Supreme Court Reports (e-SCR) project has been launched to provide the digital version of the SC’s judgements in the manner as they are reported in the official law report ‘Supreme Court Reports’ The report aims to provide the entire judgement of SC from inception in 1950 to date. The eCourts Mission Mode […]
Supreme Court’s Verdict On Demonetisation
Supreme Court’s Verdict On Demonetisation: The Supreme Court has passed a verdict on the Demonetisation of currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 in a majority 4-1 by a five-judge Constitution Bench. Majority Ruling: The majority held that Centre’s notification dated November 8, 2016 is valid and satisfies the test of proportionality. The RBI […]
Remote Electronic Voting Machine
Remote Electronic Voting Machine: The Election Commission of India (ECI) recently said that it was ready to pilot remote voting for domestic migrants through newly devised remote electronic voting machines (RVMs). Remote Electronic Voting Machine: The new RVM prototype will enable a voter, who is listed in constituencies, to exercise voting rights from a single […]
The National Geospatial Policy, 2022
The National Geospatial Policy, 2022: After liberalizing the use of geospatial data under the draft geospatial data policy in February 2021, the Ministry of Science and Technology has notified the National Geospatial Policy, 2022. “The National Geospatial Policy, 2022 is a citizen-centric policy that seeks to strengthen the geospatial sector to support national development, economic […]
Vokkaligas, Lingayats Share In Reservation
Vokkaligas, Lingayats Share In Reservation: Karnataka has categorized the two dominant communities, Vokkaligas and Lingayats, as “moderately backward” from the “backward” category in a move that could increase their share in reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC). Karnataka currently has 32% quota for OBC, and 17% and 7% quota for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, […]
Triple Test Survey On Reservation
Triple Test Survey On Reservation: The Allahabad High Court had ordered the Uttar Pradesh Government to conduct urban local body elections without the OBC reservations as the “triple test” requirement for the quota has not been fulfilled. The state government has recently constituted a commission to conduct the triple test survey in the urban local […]
Report Card Of RTI Responsiveness : Satark Nagrik Sangathan
Report Card Of RTI Responsiveness : Satark Nagrik Sangathan Satark Nagrik Sangathan (SNS) has released a report card of Responsiveness under RTI (Right to Information) Act 2021-22, which shows that Tamil Nadu has been the worst performing RTI responsiveness, furnishing only 14% of the information sought. Maharashtra was second-worst, sharing 23% of the information asked […]
Congress Foundation Day : December 28
Congress Foundation Day : December 28 The Indian National Congress (INC), India’s largest opposition party, marked its 138th foundation day on December 28. The English bureaucrat Allan Octavian Hume or AO Hume is credited as the founder of the organisation. On December 28, 1885, 72 social reformers, journalists and lawyers congregated for the first session […]
Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2022
Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2022: The Union Government tabled the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2022 in Parliament. The objective is to “decriminalize” 183 offences across 42 legislations and enhance the ease of living and doing business in India. Some Acts that are amended by the Bill include: the Indian Post Office […]
