The members urged the Centre to reconvene the yearly Indian Labour Convention, which was last held in 2015 Subject: Polity Section: National Organization Context: Discussion in RS on Working of Ministry of Labour and employment Concept: The Indian Labour Conference (ILC) is the apex level tripartite consultative committee in the Ministry of Labour & […]
Disruption of essential services in nationwide strike Subject: Polity Section: MSc Context: Nationwide strike has disrupted essential services Concept: What are Essential Services? The Essential Services Maintenance Act, 1968 is an Act to provide for the maintenance of certain essential services and the normal life of the community. Essential service as per the […]
What is the mandate of NCRB? Subject: Polity Section: National organisation Context: Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 empowers NCRB to collect, store and preserve the record of measurements and for sharing, dissemination, destruction and disposal of records; Concept: History: NCRB was set-up in 1986 to function as a repository of information on crime […]
Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill 2022 Subject: Polity Section: Constitution Context: The government introduced the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022 in Lok Sabha on Monday Features of the Bill Define “measurements”: To include finger impressions, palm-print and foot-print impressions, photographs, iris and retina scan, physical, biological samples and their analysis, etc.; Empower the National Crime […]
Minorities Subject: Polity Section: Constitution Context: On plea challenging the Centre’s power to notify minorities under the National Minorities Commission Act, 1992, and seeking minority status for Hindus in states where their numbers have gone below that of others. What is the definition of minority under Indian laws? The expression “minorities” appears in […]
The move to ease voting for overseas citizens Subject: Polity Section: Elections Context: On March 25, Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju in response to a question in the Lok Sabha stated that the government was exploring the possibility of allowing online voting for non-resident Indians (NRI). Background: Part III of […]
BSP chief Mayawati says will not accept the post of President Subject: Polity Section: Executive Context: Recently BSP chief Mayawati said that she will not accept the post of President as it will end her party. President Under the Constitution of India, there shall always be a President of India ( Article 52 […]
Minority Tag for Hindus Subject: Polity Section: Rights Context: The Union government is yet to file its counter affidavit in the SC in a petition which has raised the politically sensitive prayer to identify minorities at the state level as laid down in the 2002 TMA Pai case and grant minority status to […]
Urban Local Bodies Finances Subject: Polity Section: PRI & ULBs Context: CAG reports that TN Urban Local Bodies face shortage of funds Present Status of Urban Local Bodies Finances: Study conducted by the 15th Finance commission, highlight the following concerning trends in Municipal finances: Low municipal revenue to GDP Ratio, which has remained stagnant at around 1% of […]