The second National Chief Secretaries Conference will be held in Delhi between January 5-7 Subject : Polity Concept: The Chief Secretary is the top-most executive official and senior-most civil servant of the state government. The Chief Secretary is the executive head of the State Secretariat. He is the administrative head of the state […]

    NCST Concerns Over Forest (Conservation) Rules 2022 Subject : Polity Context: The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) stated that the Forest (Conservation) Rules (FCR) 2022, violate the rights of the Scheduled Tribes mentioned under the Forest Rights Act, 2006. Raising concerns over the provision in the new rules that proposes to do […]

    State Control over Hindu Temples Subject: Polity Powers of state in managing religious affairs Article 25(2) grants power to the State to enact law on two distinct aspects. Article 25(2)(a) empowers the state to regulate “economic, financial, political or other secular activities which may be associated with religious practice”. Article 25(2)(b) enables the […]

    Government proposes policy on online gaming and ban on online betting ads on social media platform Subject: Polity  Context: Recently, the Central government has proposed amendments to ‘The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, to regulate online gaming sector in India. More about the news: The proposal aimed […]