A Division Bench has directed the J&K administration to regulate the extraction of minor minerals from water bodies and set up an expert committee to … Continue Reading

Official Languages Act 1963: There was widespread resistance to the imposition of Hindi on non-native speakers, especially in Tamil Nadu. This led… Continue Reading

Crime in India report 2019 has been published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Crime against women: From 2018, the rate of crime aga… Continue Reading

Land Acquisition Judgement March 2020: In March 2020, a Constitution Bench, led by Justice Arun Mishra gave out a judgement on Section 24 on land a… Continue Reading

The call for a boycott of the elections to the district autonomous councils in Ladakh has been withdrawn in the wake of the lurking danger on the Chin… Continue Reading

The Union Government has constituted the National Medical Commission (NMC). With this, the decades-old institution of the Medical Council of India (MC… Continue Reading

A part-time member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister has suggested that India should look at selling enemy properties valued at o… Continue Reading

he licences of 13 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have been suspended so far this year under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), 2… Continue Reading

PM CARES Fund has received an exemption from FCRA although it does not seem to meet the precondition of being a body established and owned by the gove… Continue Reading

Union Minister of State for Shipping launches ‘SAROD-Ports’ (Society for Affordable Redressal of Disputes – Ports). Objectives of SAROD-Por… Continue Reading

The Election Commission of India has for a while now been toying with the idea of further digitising the electoral infrastructure of the country. In f… Continue Reading

NSO released the findings of the survey on household social consumption related to education, as part of the NSO’s 75th round, conducted from July 2… Continue Reading

The ‘Health in India’ report by the National Statistical Organisation (NSO) has been published. The report is based on the 75th round of the Na… Continue Reading

Money as a factor in elections: 1. The issue of funding political parties and elections. 2. Money has become an important factor deciding the winn… Continue Reading

Gross under-investment: The 2014 National Youth Policy (NYP) defines youth as persons between 15 and 29 years. According to this definition, the yo… Continue Reading

The Prime Minister asserted that the government’s intervention in the education policy should be minimal. He said that the education policy and t… Continue Reading

The ‘State of the Young Child’ in India report was launched by Mr. M. VENKAIAH NAIDU Two indices have been released as a part of the ‘State o… Continue Reading

The Union Cabinet approved Mission Karmayogi for civil servants across India to help them meet the challenges of society. Mission Karmayogi: Mis… Continue Reading

The number of suicide cases and accidental deaths registered an increase across the country last year from the 2018 figures. The suicide rate in citi… Continue Reading

Inclusive Education: Inclusion is a theme of the Policy beyond technology as well. As per the Ministry, under NEP, efforts will be made to incenti… Continue Reading

Punjab’s viewpoint on the issue of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal, given Punjab’s critical groundwater situation. Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) … Continue Reading

Indore wins cleanest city title again For the fourth year in a row, Indore has been ranked the cleanest city in the country, according to the Swach… Continue Reading

National Recruitment Agency (NRA) was created for conducting a Common Eligibility Test (CET) for various government jobs. Initially, three of the o… Continue Reading

Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2020 IIT- Madras has topped the ARIIA 2020 under the ‘Best Centrally Funded Insti… Continue Reading

Context: MoCA set up Investment Clearance Cell for Assistance & Clearance of Proposals in Aviation Sector; Headed by Amber Dubey. Details: *The … Continue Reading

Context: UN’s Global Multidimensional Poverty Index: India Record Largest Reduction in Number of People Living in Poverty. Details: *273 milli… Continue Reading

Context:NTPC signs MoU with NIIF to Explore Business Opportunities in Renewable Energy in India. Details: *NTPC Ltd has recently entered into a… Continue Reading

Context:NTPC signs MoU with NIIF to Explore Business Opportunities in Renewable Energy in India. Details: *NTPC Ltd has recently entered into a… Continue Reading

Context:NTPC signs MoU with NIIF to Explore Business Opportunities in Renewable Energy in India. Details: *NTPC Ltd has recently entered into a… Continue Reading

Context: Maharashtra CM, Uddhav Thackeray E-Inaugurates NM1, Yotta Data Centre Near Mumbai World’s 2nd Largest & Asia’s Largest Data Centre. De… Continue Reading

Context: Indian Railways Sets up Solar Plant in Bina, MP & Becomes the 1st Organization in the World to Directly Supply Power to Railway Overhead Line… Continue Reading

Context: Amid demand surge, 1.4 lakh families have reached annual MGNREGA work limit. Details: * 1.4 lakh poor rural households have already com… Continue Reading

Context: Amid demand surge, 1.4 lakh families have reached annual MGNREGA work limit. Details: * 1.4 lakh poor rural households have already com… Continue Reading

Context:President Ram Nath Kovind Inaugurates Dharma Chakra Day 2020 Celebrations On July 4. Details: *July 4 , 2020, President of India Shri Ra… Continue Reading

Context: Committee for reform in criminal law headed by Ranbir Singh to start online consultation from July 4, 2020: MHA. Details: *The Ministry… Continue Reading

Context: Indian marine fish landings rose 2.1% to 3.56mt in 2019: CMFRI,Tamil Nadu tops . Details: *In accordance with the report “Annual Mari… Continue Reading

Details: Social bubbles: Micro-communities that could contain spread of Covid-19. Research published by the London School of Economics and Polit… Continue Reading

Details: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday released former IAS officer and J&K People’s Movement (JKPM) party leader Shah Faesal … Continue Reading

Details: A large number of migrant workers are still seen proceeding on foot to different places”. When Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta wondered a… Continue Reading

Details: Every day, we hear of migrant labourers walking hundreds of miles, many dying in the process. I refer here to the Supreme Court, which has… Continue Reading

Details: In the first instalment, Rs.1,500 crore would be distributed among 18 lakh farmers, more than 80% of them small and marginal, Chief Minist… Continue Reading

Details: The J&K administration on Monday notified the J&K grant of domicile certificate procedure rules 2020 and set a fast track process in motio… Continue Reading

Details: The Ministry of Law and Justice on Monday notified the appointment P. Krishna Bhat as an additional judge of the Karnataka High Court, alm… Continue Reading

Details: The Centre’s objective of using the COVID-19 crisis to usher in an Atmanirbhar Bharat saw Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman focus Frid… Continue Reading

Details: It said the highest number of undertrial prisoners released was 9,977 in Uttar Pradesh, followed by 5,460 in Rajasthan and 4,547 in Tamil … Continue Reading

Details: Faced with dwindling revenue due to the stagnation in economic activity since the national lockdown began, States are desperate to raise m… Continue Reading

Details: In such States institutions of higher learning controlled and managed by governmental agencies act like mercenaries, promote the political… Continue Reading

Details: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the government not to resort to any coercive action against private companies who have not paid their wo… Continue Reading

Details: The Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund, better known as PM CARES, will allocate Rs.3,100 crore … Continue Reading

Details: Over the last few days, many States have made changes to their labour laws. Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Punjab have extended the maxim… Continue Reading

Details: Soon after Independence, while the Constitution of a free India was being drafted, Dr. Ambedkar, the chairperson of the Drafting Committee… Continue Reading

Details: The nationwide lockdown has been central to the government’s strategy to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. While the lockdown has helped con… Continue Reading

Details: During the nationwide lockdown imposed to contain the spread of COVID-19, it has become clear that many activities can simply be done onli… Continue Reading

Details: We defer this task to the best wisdom of those on whom the Constitution of India bestows this duty. Let the Secretary, Ministry of Home Af… Continue Reading

Details: Under the scheme, each Member of Parliament “has the choice to suggest to the District Collector for works to the tune of Rs.5 crores pe… Continue Reading

Details: To overhaul it’s nine year-old uplink and downlink policy for private satellite TV channels, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry h… Continue Reading

Details: The State government wants to meet the target of 50 lakh downloads of the Centre’s app Following instructions by the State’s Informat… Continue Reading

Details: ” Justice Khanna was not speaking about the crushing of freedom at the point of a bayonet. He was concerned, rather, about situations wh… Continue Reading

Details: The government had said the State government employees’ salary for six days every month would be deducted for the next five months. The … Continue Reading

Details: Amidst the national lockdown, the Supreme Court and several other courts have been holding virtual proceedings. A question of concern to t… Continue Reading

Details: If every adversity presents an opportunity and every cloud has a silver lining, then the COVID-19 pandemic is the time to bring in innovat… Continue Reading

Details: The upheaval caused by the novel coronavirus should inspire a review of past choices and policies. When several States decided to stop giv… Continue Reading

Details: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Rs15,000-crore investment package for the COVID-19 emergency response and health system prepared… Continue Reading

Details: The threat of COVID-19, however, will continue. This will lead to a fundamental transformation in the role of the state in regulating soci… Continue Reading

Details: Kerala’s much heralded success in social development has invited endless theories of its cultural, historical or geographical exceptiona… Continue Reading

Details: A partial reopening of the economy is being proposed, but a lot will depend on the extent of success in containing the spread of the COVID… Continue Reading

Details: The anatomy of rumours: Not all rumours are pernicious. For a start, a rumour is an untested piece of information, opinion, report or s… Continue Reading

Details: With Indian courts too under a lockdown for three weeks , citizens have severely restricted access to justice for this period. However, th… Continue Reading

Details: The incident happened in Indore: “We have arrested six of the accused and the law has been invoked against four,” said Vivek Sharma… Continue Reading

Details: The suspension of the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme for two years to boost the funding available for the COVID-19 fi… Continue Reading

Details: With just over a week left of the 21-day coronavirus containment lockdown, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday that India has now ste… Continue Reading

Details: The government on Sunday said it set up an empowered group, chaired by NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant, to undertake discussions with the priv… Continue Reading

Details: As many as 360 foreigners were deported from Delhi in 2018-19 for reportedly indulging in “missionary activities” while they were here… Continue Reading

Details: India has responded to the spectre of large-scale transmission of the novel coronavirus and the unprecedented public health catastrophe it… Continue Reading

Details: Almost half of government schools in the country don’t have any electricity or playgrounds, according to a parliamentary panel on educat… Continue Reading

Details: Shahi said, “The department officials must ensure that a survey is conducted to ascertain the extent of loss in terms of crops by the fa… Continue Reading

Details: ‘It can’t be deprived of foreign funds for using legitimate forms of dissent’. The Central government cannot brand an organisatio… Continue Reading

Details: ‘It can’t be deprived of foreign funds for using legitimate forms of dissent’. The Central government cannot brand an organisatio… Continue Reading

Detail: The proposal for an apex body on river linking has been under discussion for the past 18 months. However, the official said that as of now,… Continue Reading

Details: Two weeks after a high-power committee , chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, selected the new Chief Vigilance Commissioner and the Ch… Continue Reading

The new Bodo Accord promises more legislative, executive and administrative autonomy under the Sixth Schedule to Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) an… Continue Reading

Union Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD) Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal launched the “Higher Education Leadership Development Programme for Admini… Continue Reading

The high-power committee has submitted its report to the Chief Minister. Clause 6 of the Assam Accord: Clause 6 envisages constitutional, legisl… Continue Reading

Union Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Union Minister of Women and Child Development inaugurated National Organic Food Festival for w… Continue Reading

1. This bill has passed in Union cabinet to solve all the pending cases that have been registered in various tribunals like the Commissioner (Appeals)… Continue Reading

GS Paper - 2 Government Policies & Interventions The ethnic communities of Assam are opposing to include non-tribal communities in the group of … Continue Reading

News: 5% against the total admissions to government-run sick newborn care units in the past three years across the country, a rate ominously spiral… Continue Reading

News: The case was finally heard by another bench. Recusal usually takes place when a judge has a conflict of interest or has a prior association w… Continue Reading

News: 50 in Delhi, at Rs.858. In January 2020, a non-subsidised LPG cylinder cost Rs.714 in Delhi. The recent price hike has been the sharpest sinc… Continue Reading

News: Tucked away in the hills of Jharkhand’s Latehar district, Asur, a particularly vulnerable tribal group, may not have access to good road or… Continue Reading

News: The Central Government is expected to roll out a Textile Policy by the middle of this year, according to Ravi Capoor, Secretary of the Union … Continue Reading

News: A team of 25 European diplomats visited Kashmir and Jammu on Feb. The European Union has called for swift removal of communication and pol… Continue Reading

Details: Last week, in response to an ongoing hearing in the Supreme Court on permanent commission for women officers, the government cited “phys… Continue Reading

News: The Centre’s decision to take another group of envoys on a guided tour of Jammu and Kashmir , and the stated hope of the Ministry of Extern… Continue Reading

News: The digital revolution has made interactions between humans and machines, and among citizens, governments and businesses, seamless and effici… Continue Reading

News: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Pesticides Management Bill, 2020, which, the government claims, will regulate the business of pes… Continue Reading

News: The Western Railway would be executing works worth Rs.4,011 crore to convert the Mumbai-Delhi line into a semi-high speed corridor allowing t… Continue Reading

News: The move for a protected agriculture zone in T.N. favours food security over energy greed. Protected Special Agriculture Zone: By Annou… Continue Reading

According to Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power: Victims “Victims” means persons who, indivi… Continue Reading

News: The Narcotics Control Bureau, the central anti-narcotics agency, has stated that it has arrested the country’s first ‘darknet’ narcotic… Continue Reading

Serving women officers in the Army have condemned the Centre’s written note in the Supreme Court, which said they were physically weaker than men an… Continue Reading

Introduction This article examines the way in which open conclusion and “society’s cry for justice” have played a colossal part within the se… Continue Reading

Context: A parliamentary panel has recommended a code of conduct for Internet service providers (ISPs) and strengthening the National Commission fo… Continue Reading

News: The U.S.(United States) Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC) has released the 8th edition of International Intellec… Continue Reading

Context: According to the government’s response to a Right to Information (RTI) query, for every 100 anganwadi beneficiaries in the country, only… Continue Reading

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) was placed No. 16 among 2019’s ‘top environment policy think tanks’ of the world in Global Go To Think … Continue Reading

Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level : Portal Santusht Mains level : Labour reforms initiative • ‘Santusht’ – Implementation Monitor… Continue Reading

Mains Paper 2: National Prelims level : APEDA-CFTRI Mains level : Mou between APEDA-CFTRI • A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was sign… Continue Reading

News: • The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai Police has registered an FIR against Yash Raj Films (YRF) Pvt Ltd for alleged criminal bre… Continue Reading

News: • The Union Cabinet approved the establishment of the National Institute for Sowa-Rigpa in Leh, Union Territory of Ladakh. Key highligh… Continue Reading

News: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday responded to a Rajya Sabha member filing a petition to initiate a breach of privileges an… Continue Reading

News: • National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) launched two Police related Citizen centric services on Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (C… Continue Reading

Context: • The Union Home Minister released the Data on Police Organizations 2019. Details: • The Data on Police Organizations is the fla… Continue Reading

News: • A controversial anti-superstition law in Karnataka, the Karnataka Prevention and Eradication of Inhuman Evil Practices and Black Magic Ac… Continue Reading

News: The NITI Aayog released the ranking of Aspirational Districts of the country for the month of December 2019. The ranking is released every mo… Continue Reading

According to the survey conducted by Transparency International, Assam tops in terms of budget formulation followed by Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. The … Continue Reading

News: After a delay of two years, the National Crime Records Bureau has published the annual crime against women in India Report 2017. But, NCRB is… Continue Reading

• A three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court has granted relief to persons with disabilities across the country by allowing reservation in promotion i… Continue Reading

• On the occasion of National Girl Child Day (January 24), the Ministry of Women and Child Development announced to set up ten Chairs in different f… Continue Reading

• The 10th National Voters’ Day has been celebrated on 25th Jan . • The theme this year is ‘Electoral Literacy for Stronger Democracy’. … Continue Reading

New fears among repatriates: They are victims of policies adopted by the Governments of Sri Lanka and India. The report documents not only the unce… Continue Reading

Republic Day The Preamble to the Constitution, little invoked till the Kesavananda Bharati v/s State of KERLA(1973) gave a new lease of life by thi… Continue Reading

India’s Republican heart fares well and beats to love, confidence and liberty. India has never prescribed or prosecuted opinion or faith and our phi… Continue Reading

The Constitution of India came into force 70 years ago, on January 26, 1950. Republic Day, especially this year, therefore provides us an opportunity … Continue Reading

The unanimous ruling of the International Court of Justice , on Thursday, on the prevention of alleged acts of genocide against Rohingya Muslims has f… Continue Reading

The NCLAT had made scathing comments in the judgment about the RoC for altering the certificate of incorporation to facilitate the “purported conver… Continue Reading

News: In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Indian Coordination Committee of Farmers Movements noted that “the Brazilian government, u… Continue Reading

Abstract: India’s ranking in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI-2019) by Transparency International has slipped from 78 to 80. Its score of 4… Continue Reading

News: The draft NEP (National Education Policy) document points out that close to five crore children currently in elementary school do not have fo… Continue Reading

Context: Kerala became the first State to join citizens across the country’s spectrum to challenge the constitutionality of the Citizenship (Amen… Continue Reading

News: In Maharashtra, the three-party coalition government, of the Shiv Sena, the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party , under the leadershi… Continue Reading

News: The most striking thing on the JMI wall is the national flag, hundreds of which are strung together in such a way that the tricolour runs par… Continue Reading

News: The CAA introduces a religious test in classifying victims of persecution, and granting them citizenship in a secular republic. The one stran… Continue Reading

Abstract: Sabarimala women entry Detail: Bench not to go into legality of issues such as the practice of polygamy and ‘nikah-halala’ in I… Continue Reading

Abstract : The SC verdict on the restrictions has some important takeaways. Overview : Following the abrogation of the special status of the … Continue Reading

Abstract: Another death row convict in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, Mukesh Singh has filed the curative petition in the Supreme Court in… Continue Reading

Context The Centre-State conflict over CAA in some places may lead to a fresh debate on the federal question. State governments occupied by oppo… Continue Reading

Abstract: The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that it would be the States’ prerogative to provide 10% economic reservation in government jo… Continue Reading

Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi graced the centenary celebrations of Kirloskar Brothers Ltd. (KBL) organised in New Delhi today. Prime Minister rel… Continue Reading

Trying to repair the damage while pushing ahead with their divisive agenda, the regime’s spokespersons have repeatedly asserted that the recently ap… Continue Reading

Introduction Sanitation and public health are responsibilities of State governments and the States have failed at managing growing volumes of munic… Continue Reading

Literacy brings with it an awakened and more aware citizenry; People cognisant of their rights; and the aggrieved knocking the doors of the courts… Continue Reading

News: India’s energy sector is currently governed by a multitude of regulators including five different ministries. Petroleum and natural gas,… Continue Reading

Context: The Union Home Ministry has clarified that no person needs to submit any documents during the house-­to-­house survey for updating the N… Continue Reading

Context: The Software Freedom Law Centre data notes that there have been more than a 100 Internet shutdowns in different parts of India in 2019. … Continue Reading

Context: The crackdown by law enforcement authorities against protesters opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citi… Continue Reading

News: NITI Aayog has released its latest SDG India Index 2019, which assesses each state and Union Territory’s achievement on 16 sustainable develo… Continue Reading

As per preliminary reports received from the States, the total area sown under Rabi crops as on 27th December, 2019 stands at 571.84 lakh hectares as … Continue Reading

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs is the nodal Ministry for overall policy, planning and coordination of programmes for development of ST’s. * This … Continue Reading

News: Law Minister’s statement on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and the protests against it. Details: Article 246 Under Article … Continue Reading

News: Hidden elements have joined hands to escalate the violence around the protests. In Uttar Pradesh, that is what happened, and the Internet had… Continue Reading

News * OCI cardholders are given benefits on a par with non-Resident Indians in financial, economic and educational fields, except in the acquisiti… Continue Reading

Context: In order to promote the uptake of the Internet in rural areas, the government has promised free Wi-Fi to about 48,000 villages, which are … Continue Reading

Context: A number of government employees have been sharing political posts on social media platforms in the backdrop of contentious issues such as… Continue Reading

Context: A national strategy for suicide prevention is under discussion at the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Psychiatrist Lakshmi Vijay… Continue Reading

Context: The Union Cabinet has approved the restructuring of the Railway Board. Details: The Union Cabinet approved the restructuring of the … Continue Reading

Context: Union cabinet’s approval for the National Population Register. Details: The link between NPR and NRC: Section 14A of the C… Continue Reading

Context: Union cabinet’s approval for the National Population Register. Background: The data for the National Population Register (NPR… Continue Reading

Road injury was the leading cause of death in India among 15 to 39-year-old men in 2017 and was the second leading cause for both sexes combined, acco… Continue Reading

With 66.79 lakh new dealers registered under the Goods and Service Tax contributing just 15% of the total revenue under the tax regime, the GST Networ… Continue Reading

Context : The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment said in a response to a question in Rajya Sabha that "282 people have died while cleanin… Continue Reading