Right To Information: According to a report, the backlog of appeals or complaints under the Right to Information (RTI) Act is steadily increasing in Information Commissions every year. Findings of the Report: At present, nearly 3.15 lakh complaints or appeals pending with 26 information commissions across India. The number of appeals and complaints pending in […]
Category: Polity Current Affairs
Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2022
Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2022: The Union Cabinet has approved the Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2022. It seeks to amend the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 2002. The Bill will incorporate the provisions of the 97th Constitutional Amendment. The amendments have been introduced to improve governance, reform the electoral process, strengthen monitoring mechanisms and […]
Justice D Y Chandrachud : Chief Justice Of India
Justice D Y Chandrachud : Chief Justice Of India Chief Justice of India UU Lalit recommends Justice D Y Chandrachud as next Chief Justice of India. Chief Justice Lalit’s recommendation to the government would start the process for appointment of Justice Chandrachud as the 50th Chief Justice of India. If the government approval comes through, […]
Collegium System
Collegium System: During Justice Chandrachud’s two-year tenure, the collegium he will head will potentially make as many as 18 recommendations for appointment of judges to the Supreme Court. It will be an unusual collegium: instead of five members, it will have six. The collegium system of appointing judges evolved through three significant verdicts of the […]
Meeting Of North Eastern Council
Meeting Of North Eastern Council: The Plenary meeting of North Eastern Council concluded recently. NEC is not a constitutional body, but a statutory organization established in 1971 under the North Eastern Council Act, 1971. Functions as Apex Regional Planning Body for the North Eastern Region. It comprises Governors and Chief Ministers of all the 8 […]
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Status For The Pahari Community
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Status For The Pahari Community: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has announced Scheduled Tribe (ST) status for the Pahari community in Jammu and Kashmir. He said that Justice GD Sharma Commission has recommended reservation for Paharis, Gujjars and Bakerwals and after completion of the administrative process, these communities will get reservation benefits. […]
Abortion
Abortion: In a historic judgment, the Supreme Court declared that single women with pregnancies between 20 and 24 weeks are entitled to access the same safe and legal abortion care as married women. The judgment came in an appeal by a person who wanted to terminate her pregnancy before her term completed 24 weeks. The […]
R Venkataramani : New Attorney General Of India
R Venkataramani : New Attorney General Of India Senior advocate R Venkataramani has been appointed as the new Attorney General of India. The Ministry of Law and Justice in a notification said, the President has appointed Mr Venkataramani as the new Attorney General for a period of three years. His appointment comes just days after […]
Surjapuri And Bajjika Dialects
Surjapuri And Bajjika Dialects: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Education Minister Prof Chandra Shekhar have asked the state education department to set up academies for the promotion of the Surjapuri and Bajjika dialects on the lines of the Hindi and Urdu academies. Surjapuri is spoken mainly in Kishanganj and other parts of Seemanchal in […]
Megh Chakra Operation
Megh Chakra Operation: The operation code-named “Megh Chakra” is being carried out following the inputs received from Interpol’s Singapore special unit based on the information received from the authorities in New Zealand. It is a pan-India drive against the circulation and sharing of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) conducted by the Central Bureau of Investigation […]
