Subject: Polity Context: The GST Council can recommend to the Central government to permit the States to borrow money, as a measure for meeting the compensation gap, Attorney General (AG) KK Venugopal had opined Concept: Article 293: Borrowing by States Subject to the provisions of this article, the executive power of a State extends to […]
Subject: Polity Context: Lok Sabha passed a bill proposing a 30 percent salary cut in the salaries of MPs for one year Concept: Article 106 of the Constitution empowers MPs to determine their salaries and allowances by enacting laws. Till 2018, Parliament periodically passed laws to revise the salaries of MPs. In 2018 through the Finance Act, Parliament […]
Subject: Polity Context: Congress moved an adjournment motion notice in the Lok Sabha over the “surveillance” of key Indian personalities, including the President and Prime Minister, by a firm linked to the Chinese government Concept: It is introduced in the Parliament to draw attention of the House to a definite matter of urgent public importance, […]
Subject: Polity Context: On the agenda of the ongoing monsoon session in Parliament is a bill to introduce Hindi, Kashmiri and Dogri as official languages in Jammu and Kashmir, in addition to English and Urdu. Concept: Part XVII of the Constitution deals with the official language in Articles 343 to 351 The Constitution does not […]
Subject: Polity Context: Opposition demand for restoration of MPLADS funds in parliamentary session. Concept: The Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) is an ongoing Central Sector Scheme which was launched in 1993-94.The Scheme enables the Members of Parliament to recommend works for creation of durable community assets based on locally felt needs to […]
Subject: Polity Context: The Supplementary Demand for Grants 2020-21, introduced in the House included Rs 40,000 crore for enhanced expenditure under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Program Concept: The additional grant required to meet the required expenditure of the government is called Supplementary Grants. When grants, authorised by the Parliament, fall short of the […]
Subject: Polity Context: The decision to go without “Question Hour” during the Monsoon Session of Parliament has evoked serious concerns about the democratic functioning of the institution. Concept: The right to question the executive has been exercised by members of the House from the colonial period. The first Legislative Council in British India under the Charter Act, […]