Subject: Polity Context: Rajya Sabha secretariat has clarified that quorum was essential only when the committees are taking decisions or adopting reports and not during routine deliberations. Concept: Quorum is the minimum number of member required to be present in the House before it can transact any business. It is One tenth of total members […]

Subject: Polity Context: Supreme Court has issued notice to Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker on a plea against him for allegedly delaying a decision on the anti-defection proceedings against 11 AIADMK MLAs who voted against the government’s confidence motion in 2017. Concept: The Tenth Schedule was inserted in the Constitution in 1985 by 52nd amendment. It […]

Subject: Polity Context: Members of departmental Standing Committees of Parliament are gearing up for some tough questioning of the Central Ministries on the Covid-19 lockdown, the migrant crisis and the locusts attack. Concept: Department related Standing Committees The main objective of the standing committees is to secure more accountability of the Executive (i.e.,the Council of […]

Subject:Polity Context: Prime minister called on President Ram at RashtrapatiBhavan and briefed him on issues of national and international importance. Concept: It is provision with respect to duties of Prime Minister in furnishing of information to the President It shall be the duty of the Prime Minister to communicate to the President all decisions of […]