Bill for ST status for Gond in four UP district got Rajya Sabha nod Subject :Polity Context: The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed with voice vote the Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Second Amendment) Bill-2022, which seeks to give the ST status to the Gond community in four districts of Uttar […]

    Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on plea for legal nod to same-sex union Subject :Polity Context: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice on a plea by a gay couple seeking legal recognition of their marriage in India. More about the issue: The plea was filed by a 46-year-old Indian national who […]

    Govt seeks Parliament nod for additional grant of ₹3.25-lakh crore this fiscal Subject :Polity Concept: Article 115: Supplementary, additional or excess grants. Supplementary grants are the additional grant required to meet the required expenditure of the government. When grants, authorised by the Parliament, fall short of the required expenditure, an estimate is presented before […]

    House panel flags ‘casual approach’ of govt. over setting up disability centres Subject: Polity Context: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment has said that it feels the Union government is “somewhat casual” in setting up DDRC’s. Only 55 to 60 District Disability Rehabilitation Centres (DDRC) made functional so far out […]

    Ministry evades direct reply on demand to include Ladakh under 6th Schedule Subject: Polity Context: The Union Home Ministry while evading a reply on the possible inclusion of Ladakh under the Fifth/Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, said that the main objective of the inclusion of tribal populations under the Sixth Schedule is to […]

    Kerala House clears bill to replace Governor as chancellor of varsities Subject: Polity Context: The Kerala assembly on Tuesday passed a bill to replace the governor as chancellor of all state universities with top academics, ratcheting up the state government’s ongoing face-off with Raj Bhavan. The Kerala government wants to replace Kerala Governor […]

    Secret Sitting in Parliament Subject: Polity Context: The Opposition members, who were denied the opportunity to seek clarifications in the Rajya Sabha on the India-China stand-off, reminded the Modi Government about the 1962 India-China war, when Parliament discussed the incursions at length. The then Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, had rejected outrightly the idea […]

    Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 2010 (FCRA) Subject: Polity Context: During the last three years i.e. 2019 to 2021, the FCRA registration certificates of 1,811 associations have been cancelled under section 14 of The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 (FCRA, 2010) due to violation of provisions of the FCRA, 2010. Suspension of FCRA licence […]

    SC to consider if Shiv Sena dispute needs to be referred to a seven-judge Bench Subject: Polity Context: The Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena told the Supreme Court that it will seek reference of cases pertaining to Maharashtra political crisis to a seven-judge Constitution bench, to reconsider a 2016 ruling on the […]