In Context Criminality in politics is an issue that has long been debated in many forums. About Criminalization of Politics It means the participation of criminals in politics. This means that persons with criminal backgrounds contest in the election and get selected as a member of parliament or state legislature Major Reasons Criminalization of political […]
In Context President Draupadi Murmu’s call to the government and the judiciary to address the issue of overcrowding of prisons is a significant and very welcome intervention. Data Analysis According to Prison Statistics India 2021, a report published by the Ministry of Home Affairs, between 2016-2021, the number of convicts in jails decreased by 9.5 […]
About Recently, the Centre amended the Electoral Bond Scheme to grant itself the power to spell out an extra fortnight of electoral bond sales in years About scheme The Government has notified the scheme of Electoral Bonds to cleanse the system of political funding in the country. Features : Electoral Bond would be a bearer […]
In News Recently, the centre is taking efforts to promote Hindi in Indian government institutions in foreign countries. More about the news The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has written to the External Affairs Ministry to promote the use of Hindi for official work in banks, public sector undertakings, embassies and other government offices located […]
In News Recently, the Union Home Minister asked all states to modernize their prisons and said that a new law on jail reforms is coming soon. More about the news Colonial jail system: The minister also mentioned that India’s incarceration system is prone to abuse because it was set up by the British to subjugate […]
In News Delhi’s prisons are overcrowded with 94% more inmates than the sanctioned capacity. More about the news All India scenario: Indian prisons have been housing more inmates than their capacity for decades now. According to a report on prison statistics for 2019 released by National Crime Records Bureau, As of 31 December 2019, there […]
In News Recently the independent views on the requirement of “Nitipath” for the civil services along the lines of “Agnipath” were articulated. General viewpoint Many aspects of the Agnipath scheme offer a model for civil service recruitment. Years of service: Experts have called for officers to be filtered out after 10, 25 and 30 years […]
In News Recently, the Union government has amended the Legal Metrology (packaged commodities) Rules 2011 for ease of doing business and reducing the compliance burden for the garment or hosiery sold in loose or open. What is Legal Metrology? Legal Metrology treats units of weighment and measurement, methods of weighment and measurement and weighing and […]
In News Recently, several politicians have accused the Centre of protecting officers under probe for tapping the phones of political leaders. Phone Tapping in India Meaning: It means interception of the contents of communication through a secret connection to the telephone line of one whose conversations are to be monitored usually without the consent of […]
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