National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Subject – Polity Context – NHRC notice on farmers’ protest Concept – To know about NHRC, please click here.
Hindi Diwas Subject – Polity Context – Protests mark Hindi Diwas Concept – Every year, 14th September is celebrated as Hindi Diwas in India. Hindi, written in the Devanagari script, was adopted as the official language of the Republic of India on 14th September, 1949. Besides Hindi, English is the other official language […]
Asymmetric Federalism Subject: Polity Context: Manipur special status The term asymmetrical federalism refers to “differences in the status of legislative or executive powers assigned by the constitution to different regional units”. It is a flexible type of union of states which allows the government to cut different deals with different states in special […]
Approach Context: The Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy’s 2019 report titled Sunshine in the Courts: Ranking the High Court’s on their Compliance with the RTI Act found that high courts across the country are using the discretionary powers granted under the Act to circumvent its provisions, adopting poor practices in their RTI cells and simply not disclosing and […]
National Commission for Women (NCW) Subject – Polity Context – NCW slams police over Mumbai rape Concept – To know about NCW, please click here.
Resignation of CM Subject – Polity Context – Gujarat Chief Minister resigns Concept – The Chief Minister can resign from his office by submitting a resignation letter to the respective Governor of the State. The term of the Chief Minister is not fixed and he holds office during the pleasure of the governor. […]
Autonomous District Council Subject – Polity Context – Lone BJP member left in Mizoram’s tribal Chakma Autonomous District Council. Concept – The Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India allows for the formation of autonomous administrative divisions which have been given autonomy within their respective states. Most of these autonomous district councils are […]
Transfer of Governor Subject – Polity Context – Nagaland Governor RN Ravi transferred to Tamil Nadu Concept – The President may transfer a Governor appointed to one state to another state for the rest of the term. A governor holds office for a term of five years from the date on which he […]