Subject: Polity Context: States have firmed up their boundaries, to prevent and regulate movement of people and goods across nationally Concept: By the States Reorganisation Act (1956) and the 7th Constitutional Amendment Act (1956), the distinction between Part-A and Part-B states was done away with and Part-C states were abolished. Some of them were merged […]

Context: Vikas Dube Case

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 […]