Subject: Acts Context: In the last five years, there have been no inter-State migrant workers registered in the Delhi, Dehradun or Patna regions. Nationwide, there were less than 34,000 workers registered in 2019-20 under the Inter-State Migrant Workmen (ISMW) Act, 1979, according to a response to a recent Right to Information Act request. Concept: Inter-State […]
Subject: Acts Context: Lok Sabha passed the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020 Features of the Bill: The Bill will replace the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Ordinance which was promulgated on 5th June this year. The Bill seeks to amend the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 and empowers the central government in terms of production, supply, distribution, trade, […]
Subject: Acts Context: The Aircraft (Amendment) Bill 2020, which has already been cleared by the Lok Sabha in March this year, was passed by Rajya Sabha. Features of the Act The Bill converts three existing bodies under the Ministry of Civil Aviation into statutory bodies under the Act. These three authorities are: (i) the […]
Subject: Acts Context: Sushant Singh Rajput death case has brought focus on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act Concept: The NDPS Act enacted in 1985 is the primary legislation for dealing with drugs and their trafficking. It was passed as India had to fulfil obligations as a signatory of various international conventions on narcotic […]
Subject: Schemes/ Acts Context: Industrial disasters shed light on Industrial Development and Regulation Act, 1951. Concept: It was passed by the Parliament on October 1951 to control and regulate the process of Industrial development in the country. The objectives of the Act were: Regulation of Industrial Investment and Production according to Five Year Plans. Protection […]
Subject: Acts Context: Supreme Court is looking for validity of a Kerala law that prohibits animal sacrifice for appeasement of deity in temples. Concept: The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 prohibits any person from inflicting, causing, or if it is the owner, permitting, unnecessary pain or suffering to be inflicted on any animal. […]