Dam Safety Bill (2019): The Rajya Sabha passed the landmark Dam Safety Bill (2019), paving the way for enactment of the Dam Safety Act in the country. The Dam Safety Bill (2019) was passed by the Lok Sabha on 2nd August 2019 The Bill provides for the surveillance, inspection, operation, and maintenance of all specified […]
Category: Polity Current Affairs
Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act
Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act: Putting a person accused under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act behind bars for an unduly long time with no progress in the trial or appeal process is a violation of his or her fundamental right and a threat to public confidence in the administration of justice, the Supreme Court has held […]
Renunciation Of Indian Citizenship
Renunciation Of Indian Citizenship: More than six lakh Indians renounced citizenship in the past five years, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed the Lok Sabha. The reason for a large number of Indians surrendering their citizenship was not stated in the reply. The citizenship act, 1955 prescribes three ways of losing citizenship: By renunciation: […]
Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill, 2021
Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill, 2021: The Lok Sabha has passed the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill, 2021. The bill has excluded live-in couples, single men and the LGBTQ community. The Government had been working on the bill to regulate the ART industry since 2008 when it was first drafted by the Indian Council of […]
Roshni Act: Jammu And Kashmir
Roshni Act: Jammu And Kashmir A year after the High Court struck down the Roshni Act, the Jammu and Kashmir government has now begun an exercise to retrieve the land granted under this Act to beneficiaries. There are allegations related to irregularities in the implementation of the Jammu and Kashmir States Land (vesting of ownership […]
Suspension Of MPs
Suspension Of MPs: In the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Prahlad Joshi sought the approval of the House for suspending 12 Rajya Sabha MPs for the remainder of the session. The reason for their suspension was “their unprecedented acts of misconduct, contemptuous, unruly and violent behaviour and intentional attacks on security […]
National Court Of Appeal
National Court Of Appeal: The Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana has urged the Government to seriously consider Attorney General K.K.Venugopal’s suggestion to restructure the judiciary to include four National Courts of Appeals. He remarked that the judicial structure has remained stagnant since Independence and with four appellate courts, pendency will be remarkably reduced. The […]
UP Anti-Conversion Law
UP Anti-Conversion Law: The Uttar Pradesh Police have registered a total of 108 cases under a controversial ordinance that criminalises religious conversion by “force, undue influence, coercion, or allurement”. The Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance, 2020, which was replaced by an Act earlier this year, completes a year. This law was passed by the […]
Interpol: Delegate for Asia in its Executive Committee
Interpol: The Interpol has elected Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Director Praveen Sinha as a Delegate for Asia in its Executive Committee. Interpol Executive Committee has 13 members from different countries comprising the President of the Interpol, two Vice-Presidents and nine Delegates. It supervises the execution of the Interpol General Assembly’s decisions and the […]
Trade Unions Push For Repeal Of Labour Codes
Trade Unions Push For Repeal Of Labour Codes: Over a year since Parliament passed four labour codes (on wages, social security, occupational safety and industrial relations), the Centre is still in the process of notifying the rules to implement the laws and has not set a date for the roll-out. Trade unions, however, have planned […]
