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Delimitation 26 Aug 2019 5 min read Why in the news? The bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir state into the Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh has made delimitation of their electoral constituencies inevitable. Recently, the EC has held “internal discussions” on the Jammu and Kashmir reorganisation Act, 2019, particularly its provisions on delimitation. What is…
Rise of Regional Parties In India 30 Aug 2019 11 min read In a democracy, political parties provide an agency to the society to gather different views on various issues and to present these to the government. They bring various representatives together so that a responsible government could be formed. They provide a mechanism to…
Citizenship of India 02 Sep 2019 17 min read In the run-up to the publication of the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, the Supreme Court, in August, 2019 rejected a plea to include those born in India between after March 24, 1971 and before July 1, 1987 in NRC unless they had…
Right to Education 06 Sep 2019 7 min read Why in the news? India’s landmark Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009 completes its decadal anniversary. Further, renewed focus on skilling and higher education, the RTE remains one of the most important catalysts for India to reap its much-anticipated “demographic dividend.” What is Right to Education?…
South China Sea 16 Sep 2019 13 min read Why in news? Recently, at the Indian Ocean Conference (IOC) in Maldives’ Male, US Ambassador to South Korea attacked China for illegally building artificial islands and militarising them in the South China Sea to which China responded by saying that it has indisputable sovereignty over the…
National Action Plan on Climate Change 19 Sep 2019 19 min read Introduction The National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) was launched in 2008 by the Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change. It aims at creating awareness among the representatives of the public, different agencies of the government, scientists, industry and the communities on…
Israel-Palestine 26 Sep 2019 12 min read Why in the news? Palestine has rejected the US-Bahrain led Peace to Prosperity economic workshop on the ground that it says nothing about ending Isreali occupation. Israel-Palestine Conflict The seeds of the conflict were laid in 1917 when the then British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour expressed official…
Uniform Civil Code 07 Oct 2019 10 min read Why in the news Recently, the Supreme Court in a case concerning the question of whether succession and inheritance of a Goan domicile is governed by the Portuguese Civil Code, 1867 or the Indian Succession Act of 1925, held that: The Constitution in Article 44 requires…
e-Governance 17 Oct 2019 16 min read e-Governance can be defined as the application of information and communication technology (ICT) for providing government services, exchange of information, transactions, integration of previously existing services and information portals. The “e” in e-Governance stands for ‘electronic’. The Council of Europe referred to e-Governance as: The use of electronic…
Parliamentary Reforms in India 07 Nov 2019 11 min read Representative democracy and parliamentary institutions have endured in India for more than seven decades. It is a great tribute to India’s democratic framework. However, in recent years there is a debate regarding the declining standards of the Indian Parliament. It is also highlighted in the…