Making Sense of the ‘freebies’ Issue For Mains What constitutes a freebie? Resources distributed to the public as a result of election promises is what is often referred to as freebies. Do all such distributions amount to giving freebies? The distribution of free food grains […]
SC hears EPFO Appeal on Pension Scheme For Prelims About EPFO – Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), established under Employee Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provision Act, 1952. EPFO comes under the control of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of […]
Representation, All the Way Up For Prelims About President Murmu She is the first person belonging to the Scheduled Tribes (ST) community and the second woman to occupy the highest constitutional post of the country. She is also the youngest person to be elected as […]
Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) Context: The Supreme Court has upheld several provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) that deal with a wide range of issues, from what constitutes the main offence to the powers of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and […]
Suspension of MPs Context: The two Houses of Parliament have suspended 27 members this week, the most recent of which were two AAP members and an independent Rajya Sabha member on Thursday. Along with the independent, the Trinamool Congress, DMK, TRS, CPI, CPI(M), and AAP […]
Need for a Reform in the Bail Law Context: Overcrowding in Indian prisons is over 118 percent, while more than 75% of those incarcerated there are still awaiting trials. These harsh facts are frequently used as an example of the severity of the problem facing […]
Law Panel to Examine Simultaneous Elections The Current Issue The issue of holding simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections had been referred to the Law Commission for a practicable road map and a framework can be worked out, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju informed the […]
DAK KARMAYOGI The Dak Karmayogi e-Learning portal aims at competency building of Departmental employees and GraminDak Sewaks of Department of Posts. Under Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications. This portal facilitates online as well as onsite training in blended learning mode at deapartmental training units. […]
Despite SC Alarm, Bail is Still Not the Norm For Mains Right to Bail Bail is not defined in CrPC but offences are classified into bailable and non bailable offence. Section 436 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, lays down that a person accused […]
The President is not a mere Rubber Stamp For Prelims Article 53: “the executive power of the Union shall be vested in the President and shall be exercised by him either directly or through officers subordinate to him in accordance with this Constitution.” Election of […]