Legislative relations between Centre and State Upsc

Centre-State Relations

The Centre-State Relation is all about the distribution of powers between Centre and States. The distribution of powers is the basic feature of federalism and the federal constitution. Basically, there are three areas of power distribution: Legislative Power Distribution. Executive Power Distribution Financial Power Distribution Legislative relations between Union and State There are two things … Read more

Rajamannar Committee Report and Recommendations Upsc

Rajamannar committee related to a commission set up by the Tamil Nadu government to study the state autonomy and centre-state relations by the DMK government under its Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi. The Tamil Nadu government established the Rajamannar committee to analyze and provide recommendations for restructuring the centre-state relations in our constitution. The committee consisted … Read more

Punchhi Commission Recommendations Upsc

Punchhi Commission The Union Government constituted a commission in 2007, under the leadership of Justice Madan Mohan Punchhi, the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 2007. The commission also had three more members and a secretary and presented its report in 2010. It recommended that the governors of the states must have fixed tenure … Read more

Supreme Court Judgment in S.R. Bommai Case

Supreme Court Judgment in S.R. Bommai Case

Somappa Rayappa Bommai (6 June 1924 to 10 October 2007) was the 11th Chief Minister of Karnataka. He was also the HRD minister in the United Front Government from 1996 to 1998 and served with both the PM H.D.Deve Gowda and I.K.Gujral. The Supreme Court delivered a landmark judgment in the S.R.Bommai Versus Union of … Read more

Non-Constitutional Bodies Tnpsc

Niti Aayog National Human Rights Commission State Human Rights Commission Central Information Commission State Information Commission Central Vigilance Commission Central Bureau of Investigation Lokpal and Lokayuktas National Investigation Agency National Disaster Management Authority Niti Aayog Niti Aayog is the premier policy think tank of the Government of India. Its function is to foster cooperative federalism … Read more

Fundamental rights of Indian constitution with articles Tnpsc

fundamenta rights in india upsc

Definition of fundamental rights Fundamental rights are a set of rights that are recognized by the Apex Court (Supreme Court of India) as it requires the highest degree of protection from the government. The Fundamental Rights are also the basic human rights to all citizens that apply irrespective of race, gender, etc. The Fundamental rights … Read more

Basic Child rights in India Upsc

Basic Child rights in India Upsc

Child Rights A child is a person who has completed the age of 18, Minor as per UNO. Child rights are mentioned in Articles 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human rights. Child rights are accepted and adopted in the UN General Assembly on 20th November 1989. Child rights are rights to Life, family environment, … Read more

Power and function of national and State human rights commission in India Upsc

Human rights commission of India Upsc

National Human Rights Commission It is an autonomous body constituted on 12 October 1993, by the protection of the Human Rights Act, 1993. National Human Rights Commission is responsible for the protection and promotion of Human Rights in India. These human rights are guaranteed by the constitution. Functions of NHRC To inquire about the violation … Read more

Indian Penal Code Upsc

Indian Penal Code Upsc

The Indian Penal Code is the criminal code of India. It is a comprehensive code intended to cover all substantive aspects of criminal law. The code was drafted in 1860 on the recommendation of the first law commission of India established in 1834. It came into force in British India during the early British Raj … Read more

Composition of Lok sabha in India state wise Upsc

Lok Sabha seats by state The Lok Sabha is the lower house of Parliament. It consists of MPs (Members of Parliament). There are 543 constituencies and each constituency. The maximum seat mentioned in the constitution is 550. Which is divided into 530 MP from states and up to 20 members from Union Territories based on … Read more