THE CONSTITUTION (SCHEDULED CASTES) ORDER (AMENDMENT) BILL 2021 Subject : Polity Context : The Lok Sabha passed The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2021 that seeks to put seven castes under one nomenclature of “DevendrakulaVellalars” with some exceptions for some of the castes in certain districts of Tamil Nadu. Concept : The […]

    SUPPLEMENTARY GRANTS Subject : Polity Context : The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the supplementary demand for grants (second batch for 2020-21). Concept : During the year, if the government needs to spend any money which has not been approved by Parliament or needs to incur additional expenditure, it can introduce Supplementary Demands […]

    POINT OF ORDER Subject : Polity Context : The Congress and other Opposition parties on Thursday forced adjournments of Rajya Sabha proceedings for four times during the post-lunch sitting as they insisted on referring to a standing committee a Bill on raising the FDI in the insurance sector to 74% from the current […]

    APPROPRIATION BILL Subject: Polity Context: The Lok Sabha cleared the Appropriation Bill 2021-22, allowing the Central government to draw funds from the Consolidated Fund of India for its operational requirements and implementation of various programmes. Concept: Under Article 114(3) of the Constitution, no amount can be withdrawn from the Consolidated Fund without the […]

    AMICUS CURIAE Subject: Polity Context: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta made a strong appeal to the Supreme Court to frame guidelines to rein in lawyers appointed as the court’s amici curiae in various cases, especially sensitive ones. Concept: An amicus curiae (literally, “friend of the court”; plural: amici curiae) is someone who is not […]

    ARTICLE 342 A Subject : Polity Context : Various petitioners argue (Maharashtra reservation case )in the Supreme Court that Maharashtra did not have the legislative competence to add the Maratha community to the list of Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) after the 102nd Amendment to the Constitution of India. Concept : Article […]

    TENTH SCHEDULE Subject : Polity Context : After being declared as BJP candidate in WB Assembly Polls, TMC seeks Swapan Dasgupta’s disqualification from RS Concept : The Tenth Schedule was inserted in the Constitution in 1985 by 52nd amendment. It lays down the process by which legislators may be disqualified on grounds of […]

    NOTA Subject : Polity Context : The Supreme Court asked the Centre and the Election Commission of India to respond to a plea that fresh elections should be conducted in constituencies where the highest number of votes polled are NOTA (None Of The Above). Concept : The petition said candidates ‘rejected’ by voters […]