114 seats, migrant quota cleared for J&K Assembly Context The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023, and the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023, were passed by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, with the former seeking to reserve seats for “Kashmiri migrants, people […]
SC begins hearing pleas against parties offering freebies Context The Supreme Court began hearing petitions on Wednesday seeking a judicial judgment that nonsensical incentives offered by political parties to entice voters during election season are a “corrupt practice.” What are freebies? In politics and elections, […]
Freebies before elections: SC Context The Supreme Court requested a statement from the states of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan on Friday in response to a petition alleging that public funds are being exploited to provide nonsensical giveaways ahead of elections. What are freebies? In politics […]
Remote Electronic Voting Machine (RVM) #GS-02 Elections For Prelims Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) EVMs were used in India for the first time in 1982 for conducting the by-election to the North Paravur Assembly constituency in Kerala. The EVMs were used in the general election for […]
Delimitation #GS-02 Elections For Prelims Delimitation Delimitation denotes the act or process of fixing boundaries or limits of territorial constituencies in a country in order to better represent changes in population. Article 82 of the Constitution allows for the readjustment of the state wise allocation […]
Remote EVM (RVM) #GS-02 Elections For Prelims Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) EVMs were introduced in India for the first time during the by-election to the North Paravur Assembly constituency in Kerala in 1982. The EVMs were used in the general election for the first time […]
Remote Voting for NRIs #GS-02 Election For Prelims: About Remote Voting: Remote voting may take place in person somewhere other than an assigned polling station or at another time, or votes may be sent by post or cast by an appointed proxy. The Representation of […]