Subject : Polity Context : With the Winter Session of Parliament standing cancelled, Central ministries, departments lose access to supplementary demands for grants. Concept : Article 115: Supplementary, additional or excess grants. Supplementary grants are the additional grant required to meet the required expenditure of the government. When grants, authorised by the Parliament, fall short […]
Subject: Polity Context: The Supreme Court Friday stayed an order of the Andhra Pradesh High Court to examine if there has been constitutional breakdown in the state. Concept: Article 356 of the Constitution of India gives President of India the power to suspend state government and impose President’s rule of any state in the country […]
Subject: Polity Context: In response to a letter from the Congress leader in Lok Sabha seeking a short session of Parliament to discuss the new farm laws, Parliamentary Affairs Minister has said that some opposition parties “have expressed concerns about the ongoing pandemic and opined of doing away with winter session”. Concept : The power […]
Subject : Polity Context: The Cabinet Committee on Security approved the setting up of a new National Security Directive on telecommunication sector with an intent to classify telecom products and their sources under the ‘trusted’ and ‘non-trusted’ categories. Concept : The move could potentially make it more difficult for Chinese telecom equipment vendors like Huawei […]
Subject : Polity Context : The Supreme Court Collegium on Wednesday announced its recommendations for appointment of chief justices in five high courts. Concept : The Collegium System is a system under which appointments/elevation of judges/lawyers to Supreme Court and transfers of judges of High Courts and Apex Court are decided by a forum of […]