Quota for general poor gets court seal Subject: Polity Context: A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court, by a 3-2 majority, upheld the validity of 103rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019. What were the major issues in front of the apex court: There were three main issues in the case: Whether the 103rd […]
Election Commission proposal for reducing cash expenditure limit for candidates from ₹10,000 to ₹2,000 Subject : Polity Context: Recently the Election Commission has proposed reducing the amount a candidate contesting polls can pay in cash for campaign-related expenditure from the existing Rs 10,000 to Rs 2,000 to make their transactions more transparent. What […]
Remote voting: On postal ballot for NRIs Subject :Polity Context : India has the largest diaspora population, with nearly 1.35 crore non-resident Indians spread across the globe. They work in another country thus they miss out on voting in India. Currently, the Election Commission of India (ECI) allows enrolled overseas citizens to vote […]