Prologue What is land reform? Players in Land tenure system? The State Owner Superior tenants Inferior Tenants Share croppers Landless laborers Land Tenure System: British Legacy Permanent Settlement: Features Permanent Settlement: Consequences Ryotwari System Ryotwari System: Features Ryotwari System: Consequences [...]
Introduction Constitutional provisions abt. Education Scheme: Food Schemes: infra/Services Organizations Schemes: CASH/scholarship/award Mock Questions Introduction List is not exhaustive. Article is written mainly keeping the competitive exam MCQs worthy information and skimming the rest. Article is subject to revision. [...]
What is Delegated Legislation? Advantages of Delegated Legislation Lack of Time Lack of Expertise More flexible Anti-Arguments Safeguards #1L Parliamentary Safeguards: #2: Judicial Safeguards: Mock Questions What is Delegated Legislation? MP/MLAs make the law only in a broad skeletal [...]
What is Inner Line Permit (ILP)? What’re the Implications of ILP? Why ILP in MiNA but not in Manipur? Pro ILP arguments for Manipur #1: competition increased #2:social problems #3: Valid demand Anti ILP argument The case of Meghalaya [...]
Who are the Jawaras? What is Andaman Trunk Road (ATR)? Human Safari? Road: To shut or Not to Shut? Dancing Video controversy Buffer Zone Case Chronology Tribal Commissions Mock Questions Who are the Jawaras? They are tribal people living [...]
What is a Citizens’ charter? Components of a Citizens’ Charter: Advantages of Citizen charter? Indian Experience Recommendations of 2nd ARC: Citizens’ Charter Bill 2011: Salient Features Grievance Redressal Mechanism: Penalty Criticism Mock Questions Citizens’ Charter & The Right of [...]
SECC-2011: WHY needed? Census Difference: Regular vs SECC Confidential? BPL: SECC vs Planning Commission Poverty: UN Definition Poverty Line: India Tendulkar SECC-Players involved Procedure Data collection SECC: Methodology #1: Automatically Excluded #2: Automatically Included #3: Deprivation indicator 7 deprivation [...]
Introduction to terms related Lobbying Why is it called Lobbying? How is lobbying done? Lobbying in USA Lobbying in India Lobbying vs Bribery Controversies related to Lobbying #1: RadiaGATE #2: Gulam Nabi Fai: Anti-Kashmir lobbying in USA #3: Wal-Mart [...]
Crime and Criminal Tracking Network Systems(CCTNS) What are the advantages of CCTNS? Benefits to Senior police officers Benefits to Investigating Officers Benefits to Citizen Future ahead: CCTNS Current Progress of CCTNS Bureau of Police Research and Development(BPRD) What is [...]
Judicial Accountability: intro? Judges Impeachment: India Justice Soumitra Sen impeachment Justice P Dinakaran impeachment Reforms necessary Judicial Standards and Accountability(JSA) Bill National Judicial Oversight Committee Sri Lankan Chief Justice Impeachment Mock Questions Judicial Accountability: intro? Judicial Impeachment is an [...]
What is Juvenile Justice Act 2000? Features of Juvenile Justice Act Special Juvenile Police Unit Why in News/Controversy? Pro arguments (= reform needed) Juvenile Justice in other countries United Kingdom United States of America Australia PIL in Delhi Highcourt [...]
What is DNA profiling? Why DNA profiling? Real life Application: Pune Blast DNA Profiling India vs China+USA? Salient Features of DNA profiling Bill Structure Anti-Arguments Doesn’t increase crime-detection Misuse for Caste identification Mistake is possible Evidence Tempering Suggestions Timeline [...]
Introduction History of the Kaveri water issue Why confusion over creation of Tribunal? Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal(CWDT) 2012 and the final showdown: The future, what lies ahead: Introduction The peninsular rivers as one must have studied in geography , [...]