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, […]
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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 […]
Plastic Waste Management : CAG Report
Plastic Waste Management : CAG Report As per the recent audit by CAG of MoEF&CC, it was found that the ministry has a mechanism to assess the generation of plastic waste, but none for its collection and safe disposal Key findings of the CAG report: MoEF&CC has no action plan leading to ineffective implementation of […]
Marital Rape In India : Report
Marital Rape In India : Report Out of 185 countries in the world, 77 have laws that clearly criminalise marital rape while there are 34 countries that explicitly decriminalise marital rape, or in essence, offer immunity to men who perpetrate rape against their wives. India, is one of the 34 countries that have decriminalised marital […]
Pension Scheme For Gig Workers
Pension Scheme For Gig Workers: India’s pension fund regulator (PFRDA) has recommended the federal government introduce a UK-like pension scheme for the country’s gig workers, a move aimed at bringing about 90 per cent of the overall workforce into the pension fold under the National Pension Scheme (NPS) In a landmark UK Supreme Court ruling […]
CAG Audit Report On Assam’s NRC
CAG Audit Report On Assam’s NRC: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has detected large-scale anomalies in the updating of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam. At the time, the process to update the NRC was started in December 2014 with a deadline for completion in February 2015 and the project […]
Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” : Nepal’s New Prime Minister
Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” : Nepal’s New Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” was sworn in as Nepal’s new Prime Minister. He sworn-in as the Prime Minister of Nepal for a third time, a day after the former guerrilla leader dramatically walked out of the pre-poll alliance led by the Nepali Congress and joined hands […]
