About ‘None of The Above’ (NOTA) is the option which enables the voter to officially register a vote of rejection for all candidates who are contesting. If a voter chooses to press NOTA it indicates that the voter has not …
Context The Jharkhand Assembly Speaker Tribunal has disqualified two legislators under the anti-defection law. Anti-defection Law The Tenth Schedule of the Constitution, commonly known as the anti-defection law, was introduced in 1985 with a view to curb the tendency among …
About heat waves Qualitatively, heat wave is a condition of air temperature which becomes fatal to human body when exposed. Quantitatively, it is defined based on the temperature thresholds over a region in terms of actual temperature or its departure …
Context The Election Commission uploaded the data on electoral bonds on its website as received from the State Bank of India. SBI provided the data about the electoral bonds to the Election Commission on the 12th of March in compliance …
What are Electoral Bonds? An electoral bond is designed to be an interest-free bearer instrument like a Promissory Note — in effect, it will be similar to a bank note that is payable to the bearer on demand. It can …
What is the ‘One Nation One Election’ system? One Nation One Election proposes that simultaneous elections be held in all states and the Lok Sabha in a gap of five years. The idea behind it is envisaging an amendment in …
About ECI The Election Commission of India is an autonomous constitutional authority responsible for administering Union and State election processes in India. The body administers elections to the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, State Legislative Assemblies in India, and the offices …
Unrecognised political parties Either newly registered parties (under the Representation of Peoples Act, 1951) or those which have not secured enough percentage of votes in Assembly or General Elections to become a State party or those which have never contested …