Mains Paper 2: Governance Prelims level: e-governance Mains level: e-governance Context: • E-governance is expected to replace the existing structures in the coming decades. We hope to live in ‘smart cities’, where digital systems enable the use of data —…
• The Election Commission of India organised a virtual National Conference on Accessible Elections 2021 with the objective to assess the present accessibility policies and discuss strategies for addressing barriers to enhance participation in electoral process for voters with disabilities.…
Mains Paper 2: Governance Prelims level: India Human Development Survey Mains level: Government policies towards generating employment Context: • Analysis draws upon the two rounds of the nationally-representative India Human Development Survey (IHDS), conducted by the National Council of Applied…
Mains Paper 2: Polity Prelims level: Tribunals Mains level: Quasi judicial bodies Context: • Various Issues related to Tribunals taken up by the Supreme court regarding various actions of the Central Government. Various issues include: • Tribunals Reforms Act: The…
• The Ministry of Labour and Employment conducted a sensitization programme about the features and benefits of the recently launched e-SHRAM portal for creating a national database of unorganized sector workers. About the Portal: • The Ministry of Labour and…
Mains Paper 2: Polity Prelims level: Asymmetric Federalism Mains level: Federal Issues Context: • Asymmetric Federalism is a normative idea and an institutional arrangement which supports the recognition and provision of an expansive ‘self-rule’ for territorially concentrated minority groups. Attempts…
• Union Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Shri Giriraj Singh inaugurated the National Meet on SVAMITVA Scheme. About the scheme: • SVAMITVA (Survey of villages and mapping with improvised technology in village areas) scheme is a collaborative effort…
Mains Paper 2: Polity Prelims level: federalism Mains level: Issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure Context: • Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan stated that it is not in the essence of federalism for the Union government to legislate…
Mains Paper 2: Governance Prelims level: Public Investment Mains level: Global capitalism’s dynamism Context: • Capitalism is supposed to be all about economic growth, through the dynamism that is created by competition. • This growth is meant to be driven…
• Lakhs of people living in Assam, who had their names registered in the National Register of Citizens in 2019, have not received their Aadhaar numbers yet. As a result, they are unable to avail of the benefits that come…
• In the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, a historic Karbi Anglong Agreement to end the decades old crisis ensuring Assam’s territorial integrity was signed in New Delhi. Salient features of the Agreement: • This Memorandum of Settlement…
• Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman recently chaired the 24th meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council. • The meeting deliberated on the various mandates of the FSDC, viz., Financial Stability, Financial Sector Development, Inter-regulatory…
