Amendments To The Mines And Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act: The Union Cabinet has approved amendments to the Second Schedule of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 for specifying the rate of royalty in respect of Glauconite, Potash, Emerald, Platinum Group of Metals (PGM), Andalusite, Sillimanite and Molybdenum. The approval would ensure […]
Category: Polity Current Affairs
The Code Of Ethics And Procedure, And Safeguards In Relation To The Digital Media
The Code Of Ethics And Procedure, And Safeguards In Relation To The Digital Media: The Information & Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry has approached the Directorate of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) of all the State and Union Territory governments to initiate an awareness drive for sensitising their officials to the code of ethics and procedure, and […]
Governor’s Address: Controversy In West Bengal And Telangana
Governor’s Address: Controversy In West Bengal And Telangana The customary governor’s address on the opening day of the budget session of a state assembly was mired in controversy recently in West Bengal and Telangana. The governor of West Bengal, Jagdeep Dhankhar, was unable to deliver his address at the Vidhan Sabha on the first day […]
General Consent For The CBI: Withdrawn By Meghalaya
General Consent For The CBI: Withdrawn By Meghalaya Meghalaya has withdrawn consent to the CBI to investigate cases in the state, becoming the ninth state to have taken this step. Eight other states which had withdrawn consent to the CBI: Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, and Mizoram. In November last year, the […]
Artificial Intelligence In eCourt Projects
Artificial Intelligence In eCourt Projects: During the 2022 Budget session of Parliament, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said that while implementing Phase 2 of the eCourt projects, under operation since 2015, a need was felt to adopt new, cutting-edge technologies of Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to increase the efficiency of the justice delivery […]
Data Protection Bill: Key Recommendation
Data Protection Bill: The government has said that it is studying the inputs received on the draft data protection bill, and will carefully ensure that any legislation in the digital ecosystem will act as an enabler, fuelling the growth momentum. On December 16, 2021, the Joint Committee on Personal Data Protection Bill had tabled its […]
National Commission For Protection Of Child Rights (NCPCR)
National Commission For Protection Of Child Rights (NCPCR): National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) celebrated its 17th Foundation Day, recently. NCPCR was set up in March 2007 under the Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (CPCR) Act, 2005, an Act of Parliament (December 2005). The Commission began operational on 5 March 2007. NCPCR […]
Bhojpuri In The Eighth Schedule Of The Constitution
Demand For Inclusion Of Bhojpuri In The Eighth Schedule Of The Constitution: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has said his government would revive its long-pending demand for inclusion of Bhojpuri in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution, so that it can be accorded the status of an official language. The state cabinet had sent a […]
Bachan Singh vs State Of Punjab (1980): Important Points
Supreme Court’s Verdict In Bachan Singh vs State Of Punjab (1980): More than four decades after a landmark ruling on death sentence cases, a bench in the Supreme Court has made psychological evaluation of the condemned prisoner mandatory. It has also sought a report on the inmate’s conduct at the time of examining whether the […]
Article 80 of the Indian Constitution
Article 80: The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation approved a proposal to amend Article 80 of the Constitution so that its councillors could send a representative to the Rajya Sabha. Article 80 of the Constitution of India deals with the composition of the council of states also called the Upper House and Rajya Sabha (Upper House). […]
