About NCDC The National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) was established by an Act of Parliament in 1963 as a statutory Corporation under the Ministry of Cooperation. Functions Planning, promoting and financing programmes for production, processing, marketing, storage, export and import …
About GST Council Goods & Services Tax Council is a constitutional body under Article 279A of the amended Constitution, for making recommendations to the Union and State Government on issues related to Goods and Service Tax. The Council was introduced …
What’s in the news? Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud recently said that a seven judge bench will soon be set up to hear a batch of pleas challenging the Centre’s use of the money bill route to pass certain …
Context: This article tries to analyze how changes in population geography have a lasting impact on the political and economic geography in Indian federal democracy. Also it insists that the five southern States that have effectively controlled their population should …
What’s in the news? The Government of India has notified the constitution of the National Turmeric Board. The National Turmeric Board will focus on the development and growth of turmeric and turmeric products in the country. The National Turmeric Board …
Context The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted multiple raids across several locations in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. What is the NIA? NIA is functioning as the Central Counter Terrorism Law Enforcement Agency in the country. It is mandated to investigate …
About NHRC The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is a statutory organisation established in 1993 under the Protection of Human Rights Act (PHRA), 1993. The Act also created Human Rights Commissions at the levels of the various States. NHRC was …
About Law Commission of India The Law Commission of India is a non-statutory body constituted by the Government of India from time to time. The Commission was originally constituted in 1955 and is reconstituted every three years. Various Law Commissions …
About AFSPA Passed in 1958 for the North-East and in 1990 for Jammu & Kashmir, the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) gives armed forces special powers to control “disturbed areas”, which are designated by the government when it is …