Cabinet Committee on Security Subject – Polity Context – Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) where he instructed the officials concerned to ensure the safe evacuation of Indian nationals from Afghanistan within the next few days and also provide all possible help to “Afghan brothers […]

    Opposition Party Subject – Polity Context – No opposition parties in Nagaland Assembly now. Concept – Leader of Opposition is a statutory office provided for in the Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in the Parliament Act, 1977. The leader of the party in opposition to the government which has the greatest number […]

    Tribal Research Institute (TRI) Subject: Polity Context: Minister of Tribal Affairs Sh. Arjun Munda; MoS Tribal Affairs,  Renuka Singh Saruta, and Dy. Chief Minister & Minister for Tribal Welfare, Andhra Pradesh, Smt. PamulaPushpa Srivanijivirtually inaugurated the  New Building complex for the Tribal Cultural Research and Training Mission (TRI) of Andhra Pradesh on 15th […]

    Tribunals Subject – Polity Context – The Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2021 was introduced in Lok Sabha by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Concept – Tribunal is a quasi-judicial institution that is set up to deal with problems such as resolving administrative or tax-related disputes. It performs a number of functions like adjudicating disputes, determining rights between […]

    Procedure established by law Subject – Polity Concept – The “Procedure Established by Law” means that a law is duly enacted by the legislature or the concerned body is valid only if the correct procedure has been followed to the letter. The concept has been enshrined in Article 21of the Indian Constitution, which states […]

    Collegium System Subject – Polity Context – Rising judicial vacancies pose challenge Concept – It is the system of appointment and transfer of judges that has evolved through judgments of the SC, and not by an Act of Parliament or by a provision of the Constitution. Evolution of the System: First Judges Case (1981): When asked the […]

    Objectives Resolution Subject – Polity Concept – The Objective Resolution was moved on December 13, 1946 by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru,which provided the philosophy and guiding principles for framing the Constitution and later took the form of Preamble of the Constitution of India. This Resolution was unanimously adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 22 […]

    Presiding Panel or the Vice-Chairman’s Panel Subject – Polity Context – Opposition RS members refuse to chair the House Concept – The Chairman shall, from time to time, nominate from amongst the members of the Council a panel of not more than six Vice-Chairmen, any one of whom may preside over the Council in the […]

    Legislative Council Subject – Polity Context – Hours after HC remarks on nomination of MLCs, Maharashtra Governor meets Amit Shah. Concept – India has a bicameral system of legislature. Just as Parliament has two Houses, the states can also have a Legislative Council in addition to the Legislative Assembly through Article 169 of the Constitution. Six States having a Legislative Council: Andhra […]

    Sedition Law Subject – Polity Concept – Sedition, which falls under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, is defined as any action that brings or attempts to bring hatred or contempt towards the government of India and has been illegal in India since 1870. Historical Background of Sedition Law: Sedition laws were […]