Centre’s big push to mega IPO Subject : Economics Context : The Centre has now taken another major step towards making insurance behemoth LIC IPO ready by bringing into effect from Wednesday all the 27 legislative changes made to the Life Insurance Corporation Act 1956 through this year’s Finance Act. Concept : With […]
Enforcing Contracts Portal Subject : Governance Context : Recently, the Ministry of Law and Justice has launched the “Enforcing Contracts Portal”. Concept : The Doing Business Report of World Bank Group benchmarks business regulations across 191 economies of the world. The Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) index is a ranking system which is […]
BharatNet implementation through Public Private Partnership (PPP) Model Subject : Governance Context : Recently, the Union Cabinet has accorded the approval for revised implementation strategy of BharatNet through Public Private Partnership mode. Concept : The BharatNet programme will now extend upto all inhabited villages beyond Gram Panchayats (GPs) in the 16 states of […]
Global Cybersecurity Index Subject : International Reports Context : According to a United Nations report released, India has jumped 37 places to 10th position in the Global Cyber Security Index (GCI) 2020. Concept : About the index: The GCI is a composite index created, analyzed and published by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), […]
National Disaster Management Authority Subject : National Organisations Context : The Supreme Court directed the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to frame guidelines for payment of ex-gratia compensation to family members of persons who succumbed to COVID-19. Concept : It also directed the NDMA to ascertain within six weeks ex-gratia amount that can […]
Tussle between Central vs Union Government Subject : Polity Context : Recently, a controversy erupted over the new DMK government referring to the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the ‘union government’ instead of ‘central government’. Concept : Central v/s Union Government Justice (retd) K Chandru had pointed out that more than […]