Why have these districts been created? States keep creating new districts from time to time. The idea everywhere is, generally, that smaller units would make governance easier and would benefit the people by bringing the government and the administration closer …
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 …
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 …
Context The Supreme Court has reserved orders on the question whether a Governor can refer the State government’s advice for granting remission to life convicts to the President for a decision. The court is examining a petition from A.G. Perarivalan, …
What is anti-defection? It is disqualification when a member of parliament or legislature chooses to join another party after being elected as some party. In 1985, the 52nd amendment act was passed by the Parliament to achieve this by introducing …
Why in News? Recently, an Member of Parliament (MP) from Ladakh demanded that the region be included in the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution to safeguard land, employment, and cultural identity of the local population. The MP spoke in Parliament …
Why in the news? Recently, President of India Ramnath Kovind addressed the Parliament to start the parliament session. Let us under the history of the President’s address. History The practice of the President addressing Parliament can be traced back to …
Creamy layer concept In the 1992 Indra Sawhney judgment, the supreme court upheld the government’s move to give 27% reservation to Other Backward Classes (based on the Mandal Commission report). The apex court also introduced the concept of creamy layer …
What is it? Generally, the first hour of the parliamentary sitting is slotted for the Question Hour. During this one hour, Members of Parliament (MPs) ask questions to ministers and hold them accountable for the functioning of their ministries. The …
What’s in the news? Recently, the Election Commission of India (ECI) wrote to the Law Ministry, proposing to extend the facility of postal ballots to overseas non-resident Indians (NRIs) for the Assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and …