Ninth Schedule

Ninth Schedule Context: The Karnataka Legislative Assembly has passed a bill to increase the reservation of seats in educational institutions and jobs for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The leaders of the opposition wanted the State government to put pressure e on the Centre to bring an amendment to include the Bill in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution to ensure the increased reservation was implemented. What is ninth schedule? The Constitution (First Amendment) Act of 1951 added the ninth […]

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Vice President of India

Vice President of India Context: The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of Office of Vice President of India to ShriJagdeep Dhankhar at a Swearing-in-Ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. About: The Vice President occupies the second highest office in the country. Article 63 of the […]

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Sedition law should go: Sinha

Sedition law should go: Sinha  #GS-02 : Indian Polity Context Presidential Candidate Yashwant Sinha called for the repeal of the colonial era Section 124A of IPC aka Sedition Law saying it should no longer be a part of our legal system. For Prelims Sedition Law […]

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