Polity

Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is a government body created in 1964. This body is created to address the corruption in the government and its agencies. In the year 2003, Parlian has granted an autonomous state, which makes it free of control from any executive authority. The body’s job is to monitor all the vigilance activities … Read more

Anti corruption measures Anti-corruption measures include a protocol that gives a set of preventive mechanisms that includes the development of codes of conduct for Government officials, transparency in the government’s procurement of goods and services, access to public information, and safeguarding the whistleblowers, and also establishment of anti-corruption agencies. Anti-corruption laws in India Public servants … Read more

Jammu and Kashmir once had a Special status, by Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Article 370. Jammu and Kashmir was a large princely state, where the British have given them the option of joining India or Pakistan or remaining independent. History But immediately after the independence in October 1947, Pakistan sent tribal infiltrators to capture Kashmir. … Read more

Article 343 (1) of the Constitution of India states “The Official Language of the Union government shall be Hindi in Devanagari script.” Unless Parliament decided otherwise, the use of English for official purposes was to cease 15 years after the constitution came into effect, i.e. on 26 January 1965.

Absolute Majority Absolute Majority means a party having more than 50% of seat in the House of Parliament. That is Lok Sabha, absolute majority is 273 out of 545. That is more than 50% of seat. This term is used to the general election of Parliament and state legislature, during the selection of the ruling … Read more

Corruption in Public life Corruption is dishonesty and criminal offence done by a person or organization that is entrusted with a position of authority to acquire illegal benefits for one gain. It has become a norm for people in India in all aspects of life to obtain power, influence and other political or personal gains … Read more

History of Local Governments in India The British East India Company got Diwani Rights (Tax) from Nawab of Bengal, after the battle of Plassey. The trading centers were under the direct supervision of the British that is Madras, Bombay, and Calcutta. Other trading centers were not under the supervision of the British. The district administration … Read more

74th Constitutional Amendment The urban areas include various classes of municipal bodies by type, area, and value of various towns and cities. Corporations, Municipal Committees, Notified Area Committees, Town Area Committees, and Cantonment Boards are the usual types of municipal bodies. The first four types were formed under the state municipal laws. The Cantonment Boards by … Read more

73rd Constitutional Amendment – implementation and implications. Article 243 B of the Constitution is included in the Constitution below the 73rd Constitutional Amendment. This conceives that the states and the union territories excluding those with a population not above 20 lakhs will possess to develop a three-tier policy of Panchayat that is, village, intermediate, and district … Read more

The Mehta Committee suggested that the administration should be decentralized and the administration should be set under the power of local bodies. Also, the community development blocks should be devised as a decisive democratic section with an elected Panchayat Union to operate as a block of developmental exercise in the area. The committee also recommended … Read more