Subject : Polity Context : The Union home ministry notified rules allowing outsiders to buy non-agricultural land in J&K more than a year after the region’s special status under Articles 370 and 35A was scrapped, and it was split into two Union territories. Concept : Background : People from outside the state were barred from […]
Subject : Polity Context : The Supreme Court on Monday decided to keep in abeyance its previous order appointing former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B. Lokur to a one-man committee to monitor/prevent stubble-burning in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab. Concept : The committee will be helped by student volunteer forces deployed from the National […]
Subject: Polity Context: Facebook India’s policy head Ankhi Das on Friday appeared before the Joint Committee of Parliament that is examining the draft Data Protection Bill. However, e-commerce giant Amazon declined to depose before the panel. Concept: Parliamentary Committee: Parliament scrutinises legislative proposals (Bills) in two ways: The first way is by discussing it on […]