Current Events related to India and its States
The three farm reform bills passed by the Indian Parliament include: The Farmers’ Produce Trade And Commerce (Promotion And Facilitation) Bill The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, and The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill The bills after passing have become acts. The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and […]
The Ministry of Information and Technology banned more Chinese apps including popular PUBG Mobile in the country on September 05, 2020. This time the government has banned 118 China-based apps. The apps are still available on Google Play store and Apple App store. PUBG Mobile has millions of downloads and active users in the country and this makes for a big loss […]
Supreme Court on Sunday (September 06) was informed by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) that tickets booked by passengers in domestic and international carriers for air travel between March 25 to May 3, 2020, which was the first two phases of lockdown, will be “fully refunded.” “Non-refund of air tickets booked during lockdown and […]
The ‘Transformation of Aspirational Districts’ programme of India aims to quickly and effectively transform majority of Indian districts in terms of socio-economic development. In the long term this programme may go a long way in enabling the districts to come at par and realize their potential growth and development along with good governance parameters. The […]
Lawyer social activist Prashant Bhushan’s conviction with god speed for contempt of court has revived the debate on the relevance of contempt law in a modern liberal democracy. The Supreme Court of India has said that his tweets, two of them, have undermined the dignity and the authority of the most powerful court and have the effect […]
According to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy’s (CMIE) latest weekly report, India’s unemployment rate fell to 7.4% for the week ended July 12, from 8.9% in the previous week and a high of 23.5% in May, The CMIE, however, termed as ‘debilitating’ the fall in labour participation rate that stood at 40.4% for the […]
Government of India (Finance minister) announced the 24 March 2020 certain relief measures in view of COVID-19 outbreak. March 26:INR 1.7 trillion (~USD 22 billion) relief package announced by the Finance Minister Tax measures – Direct and Indirect (e.g. payment deferrals, rate reductions…) Employment-related measures (e.g. state compensation schemes, training…) Food related About two-thirds of […]
2019 2014 DIFF. NDA 353 336 +17 UPA 90 60 +30 MGB 15 5 +10 OTHERS 84 142 -58 A thousand kudos to the BJP, party, that won Lok Sabha elections 2019 by a decisive margin! This would bring to power a stable government for the next five years, thanks to overwhelming majority that people […]
The political leaders have been doing roadshows in increasingly large numbers. It facilitates an interface between political leaders and their party workers. It also gives people an opportunity for “darshan” (to take a glimpse) of their leader. These may appear as unbeatable positives of “roadshows.” We know that some of the developing economies are doing […]
The Election Commission has identified unchecked money power as one of the biggest concerns and has been rooting for capping party and campaign expenditure to ensure a level playing field for all parties and to check the money power visible during every election. The Election commission had recommended amendments to the Representation of the People Act […]