Subject: Polity Context: The Draft National Statistics Commission Bill has been put out on public domain for comments. Concept: Features: Draft bill aimed at empowering the National Statistical Commission (NSC) to become the nodal body for all core statistics in the country. It proposed to give sweeping power to the commission on its authority over […]
Subject: Polity Context: Government has declared nine individuals linked to separatist Khalistani organisations as designated terrorists under provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). Concept: UAPA was passed in 1967. It aims at effective prevention of unlawful activities associations in India. Unlawful activity refers to any action taken by an individual or association intended to disrupt the territorial integrity […]
Subject: Polity Context: Pandemic has exposed the unsatisfactory state of India’s data collection and processing. It was highlighted by the recent upward revisions to the COVID-19 death toll in some States. Concept: The objective of this policy is to facilitate the access to Government of India owned shareable data and information in both human readable […]
Subject: Polity Context: India government has banned 59 apps originating from China by invoking its power under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act Concept: Reason Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) said it had received many complaints including several reports about misuse of some mobile apps available on Android and iOS platforms for […]
Subject: Polity Context: Recently Governor of Haryana sent his recommendation to the President of India for his consent to authorize use of Hindi language in proceedings before the Punjab & Haryana High Court. Concept: The constitutional provisions dealing with the language of the courts are as follows: Until Parliament provides otherwise, the following are to […]
Subject: Polity Context: National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) in an office memorandum has “advised” manufacturers to comply with BIS standards for N95 mask. Concept: National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) was constituted as an attached office of the Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) in 1997 under Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers as an independent Regulator for pricing […]
Subject: Polity Context: Nagaland Governor has expressed concern over the “precarious law and order” situation in the state where armed gangs have challenged the legitimacy of the constitutionally established state government on a daily basis. Added he could no longer abstain from constitutional obligations in the state under Article 371A (1) (b) of the Constitution. […]
Subject: Polity Context: Cabinet has approved the extension of the term of the Commission to examine the issue of Sub-categorization of Other Backward Classes, by six months till January 2021. Concept: The Government has constituted a Commission on 2nd October, 2017 under article 340 of the Constitution to examine the issues of the sub-categorization of Other […]