Context The civil services have remained at the epicentre of all government activities in India, both as agents of policymaking as well as the executive hand that delivers and implements those policies. This is the appropriate time for the civil …
What’s in the news? The Ministry of Education released a detailed report on Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2021-22 on school education in India. Highlights of the Report The number of children entering pre-primary classes in 2021-2022 …
Context The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has notified amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules, 2021) recently. In June 2022, MeitY had put out a draft of the amendments …
Context The Supreme Court has directed the District Magistrate of Varanasi to ensure protection of the area at the Gyanvapi mosque complex where a ‘shivling’ is said to have been found during the survey there. What does the Places of …
Context A public interest litigation (PIL) under the consideration of the Supreme Court of India challenges the power of the Centre to notify minority communities at a national level. Who is a minority and who decides that? The PIL specifically …
Context After multiple objections and extensions, the J&K Delimitation Commission submitted its final report on May 5, 2022, two years after it was appointed to redraw the electoral boundaries in Jammu and Kashmir as per the mandate set by the …
Why in News: A team of lawyers and opposing legal parties led by a court-appointed advocate commissioner conducted a videographic survey of the Maa Shringar Gauri site located at the back of the western wall of the Gyanvapi Mosque in …
Background The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has approached the Supreme Court against a Bombay High Court order granting bail to advocate and activist Sudha Bharadwaj. In its bail order, the court has asked the NIA Court to decide the conditions …
The Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, which is aimed at allowing trade in agricultural produce outside the existing APMC (Agricultural Produce Market Committee) mandis; The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm …
CONTEXT A neoliberal economy encourages private capital and the market, while forcing the state to withdraw from welfare. Thus limiting the state in taking concrete and constructive efforts to fulfil the aspirations of the people. Over the years, with growing …