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Indian Forest Act, 1927 03 Sep 2020 9 min read The Indian Forest Act,1927 aimed to regulate the movement of forest produce, and duty leviable forest produce. It also explains the procedure to be followed for declaring an area as Reserved Forest, Protected Forest or a Village Forest. This act has details of what a…
Nobel Prize 2020 19 Oct 2020 18 min read The Nobel Prizes regarded as the most prestigious awards given for intellectual achievement in the world are awarded annually from a fund bequeathed for that purpose by the Swedish inventor and industrialist Alfred Nobel. It is announced every year for excellence in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature,…
Marriageable Age for Women 23 Nov 2020 10 min read The government of India had announced that it is on the verge of increasing the legal age of marriage of women from 18 years. Several global organizations such as UNICEF have specified children under the age of 18 as minors and marriages below the specified…
National Family Health Survey-5 11 Jan 2021 14 min read Introduction The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) is a large-scale, multi-round survey conducted in a representative sample of households throughout India. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India has designated the International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) Mumbai, as the nodal…
Fundamental Rights (Part-1) 23 Mar 2021 15 min read Introduction About: The Fundamental Rights are enshrined in Part III of the Constitution (Articles 12-35). Part III of the Constitution is described as the Magna Carta of India. ‘Magna Carta’, the Charter of Rights issued by King John of England in 1215 was the first written…
Fundamental Rights (Part-2) 05 Apr 2021 17 min read Fundamental Rights (Part-1) Right Against Exploitation (Article 23 and 24) Prohibition of Human Trafficking and Forced Labour: Forced labour in India was imposed by landlords, moneylenders and other wealthy persons in the past. The Article 23 of the Indian Constitution prohibits human trafficking and begar (forced…
The Office of Speaker of Lok Sabha 17 May 2021 12 min read Introduction About: The Office of the Speaker in India is a living and dynamic institution which deals with the actual needs and problems of Parliament in the performance of its functions. Article 93 of the Constitution provides for the election of both…
Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP) 05 Jul 2021 12 min read Introduction Background: The source of the concept of Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP) is the Spanish Constitution from which it came in the Irish Constitution. The concept of DPSP emerged from Article 45 of the Irish Constitution. Constitutional Provisions: Part IV of…
Judicial Doctrines 30 Aug 2021 18 min read Introduction Judicial Doctrine: A doctrine is a principle, theory, or position that is usually applied and upheld by courts of law. In Indian Constitutional law also, there are different judicial doctrines that develop over time as per the interpretation given by the judiciary. Some of the important…
Urbanisation 21 Sep 2021 9 min read Introduction About: Urbanization refers to the population shift from rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change. Causes of Urbanisation: Natural increase of population: It occurs when the number of…