Recently, General elections in the U.K saw a record 263 women MPs (40%) have been elected to the House of Commons. The South African National Assembly has around 45% women representation, while the U.S. House of Representatives has 29%. Women Representatives In Independent India India as Read More …
Category: Polity & Governance
President Returns Punjab Government’s Bill
The Punjab Universities Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2023 seeks to remove the Governor, Shri. Banwarilal Purohit as the Chancellor of state-run universities with the Chief Minister of the State. The Governor of Punjab has reserved three pending Bills for the President’s consideration ie. Read More …
Reconstitution of Niti Aayog by the Government
The Indian government has recently reconstituted the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) with four full-time members and 15 union ministers, including from BJP allies, as either ex-officio members or special invitees. About NITI Aayog About: It is a government think-tank formed Read More …
PM SHRI (PM Schools for Rising India) Scheme
Samagra Shiksha funds for the third and fourth quarters of 2023-24 and the first quarter of 2024-25 for Delhi, Punjab and West Bengal have not been released. The Centre has stopped funding for the umbrella program for school education in three opposition-ruled Read More …
Article 341
Recently, The Supreme Court of India ruled that states cannot make changes to the Scheduled Caste list published under Article 341 of the Constitution and quashed the 2015 Bihar government notification categorising Tanti-Tantwa community as Scheduled Caste. Background Enactment of Legislation: The Bihar Read More …
Caste Survey in Bihar
Context: Supreme Court will hear petitions challenging the Patna High Court’s verdict upholding the Bihar government’s ongoing caste survey. About Caste Survey in Bihar: Aim: To collect demographic data like the number of households, the number of people in each household, their socio-economic Read More …
Parliamentary Committee on Fertilizer
Context: Recently, the Standing Committee of Parliament on Chemicals and Fertilizers headed by MP Shashi Tharoor, tabled its report in Parliament. Highlight from the Report: Reducing Import: Committee called for ending the import dependency on fertilizers such as urea, diammonium phosphate (DAP), Read More …
Vishwakarma scheme
Context After the announcement of Prime minister (PM) to launch Vishwakarma scheme in his Independence Day speech, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approves the scheme, with an outlay of Rs.13,000 crore. Highlights of the scheme: Objective: The scheme aims at improving the quality, as Read More …
Karnataka’s ‘Koosina Mane’ creches
Context The Karnataka government announced plans to set up “Koosina mane” across 4,000-gram Panchayats for children of working mothers. Background: Last month, in its 2023-24 Budget, the Karnataka government announced plans to set up crèches for children of women working in MGNREGA. The Union Read More …
National Medical Commission’s New Guidelines
Context: The National Medical Commission (NMC) released its new guidelines- ‘Regulations relating to Professional Conduct of Registered Medical Practitioners”. About ‘Regulations relating to Professional Conduct of Registered Medical Practitioners”: Right to refuse Treatment: The doctors have also been given the Read More …