Anti-Defection Law Subject – Polity Context – Almost seven months after the Babulal Marandi-led Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) merged with the BJP in February this year, the Jharkhand Assembly Speaker Rabindra Nath Mahato has not yet taken any decision on granting status of Leader of the Opposition (LoP) to him under the anti-defection […]

    Parliamentary Outreach Programme for the Empowerment of Panchayati Raj Institutions Subject – Polity Context – Inaugurating the Parliamentary Outreach Programme for the Empowerment of Panchayati Raj Institutions, the Speaker appreciated the valour of the people of Ladakh. Concept – Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will inaugurate the Parliamentary Outreach programme for empowerment of […]

    Electoral Bonds Subject – Polity Context –Electoral bonds worth ₹3,429 cr redeemed in FY20: ADR report.Four national parties – the BJP, Congress, TMC and the NCP – accounted for 87% Concept – Introduced with the Finance Bill 2017, Electoral Bond isa financial instrument for making donations to political parties. These bonds are on […]

    Conviction of MPs and MLAs Subject – Polity Context – The Supreme Court has decided to hear “at length” a plea that convicted parliamentarians and State legislators, former and sitting, should be disqualified and banned for life from contesting elections to Parliament or Assemblies. Concept – The RPA, 1951 lays down certain rules […]

    First-Past-the-Post System Subject – Polity Concept – The first-past-the-post (FPTP) system is also known as the simple majority system. In this voting method, the candidate with the highest number of votes in a constituency is declared the winner. This system is used in India in direct elections to the Lok Sabha and State […]

    Section 321 CrPC Subject – Polity Context –SCBench was hearing plea about hundreds of criminal cases pending against MPs and MLAs, both sitting and former. Concept – The power to withdraw criminal cases is vested with the public prosecutor or assistant public prosecutor under Section 321 of the CrPC. According to the statute, […]

    Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Subject – Polity Context– The Supreme Court on Wednesday said probe agencies such as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) suffered from the dearth of manpower and infrastructure that the judiciary too faced. Both were overburdened. Concept – CBI is the premier investigating police agency in India. It […]

    Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Subject – Polity Context – The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament, headed by veteran Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, has decided to examine the Rafale deal. Concept – Public Accounts Committee was introduced in 1921 after its first mention in the Government of India Act, 1919 also called […]