Tribal Congress MLAs from state admit it is not easy to ignore Droupadi Murmu’s candidature. The Panchayat (Extension of the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 or PESA, was enacted by the Centre to ensure self-governance through gram sabhas (village assemblies) for people living in scheduled areas. This particular act extends the provisions of Part IX to the Scheduled […]
TN asks AP to suspend supply krishna water The Krishna is the second largest east flowing river of the Peninsula. The Krishna Basin extends over Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra and Karnataka having a total area of ~2.6 lakh Sq.km. It is bounded by Balaghat range on the north, by the Eastern Ghats on […]
Mukul roy resigns as PAC chairman Public Accounts Committee was introduced in 1921 after its first mention in the Government of India Act, 1919 also called Montford Reforms. It is existing in the Indian Constitution since then. PAC is one of the parliamentary committees that examine the annual audit reports of CAG which the President lays before the Parliament of India. […]
What is SC’s ‘KihotoHollohan’ judgment, and why is it relevant in the context of the crisis in Maharashtra? Context: the top court gave the 16 rebel Shiv Sena MLAs until July 12 to respond to the disqualification notice issued by the Deputy Speaker What does the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution say? It was inserted in the […]
Maharashtra CM strips all rebel ministers of portfolios An official statement said the portfolios of the rebel ministers led by cabinet member Shinde, who are camping in Guwahati, have been handed over to other ministers in the Thackeray-led government for ease of administration. It is the Chief Minister who allots the portfolio of […]
Hologram removed, grand canopy at India Gate readies for Bose statue Subhas Chandra Bose Subhas Chandra Bose was born on 23rd January 1897, in Cuttack, Orissa Division, Bengal Province, to PrabhavatiDutt Bose and Janakinath Bose. He was highly influenced by Vivekananda’s teachings and considered him as his spiritual Guru. His political mentor was […]
Expenditure department cautions against more steps burdening the fiscal health The expenditure department in the finance ministry has cautioned against extension of the free ration scheme beyond September or reduction in any major tax rates. The country’s fiscal health is already under stress due to additional subsidies on fertilisers, cooking gas and reduction […]
Economic Calculation problem Also known as the socialist calculation debate. It refers to an important academic debate on the question of whether centrally planned economies can allocate scarce resources efficiently. The debate was between the Austrian school economists Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich Hayek on the one side and socialist economists Oscar Lange […]
Social security code 2020 Why in the news? According to the NitiAyog’s report- “India’s Booming Gig and Platform Economy” India’s gig workforce will increase by 67 per cent to 2.35 crore by 2029-30 from 77 lakh in 2020-21. It has also suggested a number of steps for both the private sector and government […]
Russia’s debt default Why in the news? The White House said on Monday that Russia had defaulted on its international bonds for the first time since the Bolshevik revolution, as sweeping sanctions amid Moscow’s war on Ukraine have effectively cut the country off from the global financial system. Details: Russia kept on paying […]