SC UPHOLDS RIGHT OF WOMEN NAVAL OFFICERS
Focus: GS-II Social Justice Why in news? The Supreme Court on 17th March 2020, upheld the right of serving Short Service Commission (SSC) women officers of the Navy to be granted permanent commission (PC) on a par with their male counterparts. Observations in the Judgement All the “excuses” given against the Permanent Commission for women- […]
UIDAI CAN ISSUE NOTICE ON COMPLAINT
Focus: GS-II Governance, Prelims Why in news? The government informed the Lok Sabha on 17th March 2020, that the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) may issue a show-cause notice on receiving a complaint from “any person” or law enforcement agencies to ascertain if Aadhaar was procured through fraudulent means. What happens in case of an Allegation? […]
ABORTIONS TILL 24 WEEKS FOR SPECIAL CATEGORIES
Focus: GS-II Social Justice, Governance, Prelims Why in news? The Lok Sabha on 17th March 2020, passed a Bill to extend the upper limit for permitting abortions from 20 weeks to 24 under special circumstances. The “special categories of women” include rape survivors, victims of incest, the differently abled and minors, Health Minister said moving […]
RBI’S FOCUS ON LIQUIDITY IS CORRECT
Focus: GS-III Indian Economy Why in news? The central bank has an armoury of weapons and it will not hesitate to deploy them to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the economy. The two steps that RBI Governor has outlined now: forex swap and a second long-term repo operation (LTRO) of ₹1 lakh crore – […]
RANJAN GOGOI NOMINATED TO RAJYA SABHA
Focus: GS-II Governance, Prelims Why in news? President Ram Nath Kovind on 16th March 2020, nominated former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi to the Rajya Sabha. Announcement In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-clause (a) of clause (1) of article 80 of the Constitution of India, read with clause (3) of that […]
LOK SABHA PASSES APPROPRIATION BILL
Focus: GS-II Governance, Prelims Why in news? The Lok Sabha on 16th March 2020 passed the Appropriation Bill 2020-21, authorising the government to draw over ₹110-lakh crore from the Consolidated Fund of India for its working as well as implementation of its programmes and schemes. This completes two-thirds of the exercise for approval of the […]
DENIED CHANCE TO ASK SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTION?
Focus: GS-II Governance, Prelims Why in news? Speaker of Lok Sabha Om Birla decides to deny Rahul Gandhi an opportunity to pose a second supplementary to his question during Question Hour Question Hour The question hour is slated for 11am every day (for an hour) in both the houses. This is a very important part […]
WEST BENGAL INVOKES EPIDEMIC DISEASES ACT
Focus: GS-II Governance, GS-III Disaster Management, Prelims Why in news? The West Bengal government on 16th March 2020, invoked the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 and extended the closure of the educational institutions from March 31 to April 15. The wife and father of the coronavirus infected Google employee in Bangalore have been booked by the […]
INDIA STILL IN SECOND TRANSMISSION STAGE
Focus: GS-III Disaster Management, Science and Technology Why in news? Senior scientists and health officials have said that India currently is showing no evidence of any community transmission and that enough tests were being done to pick up any early indication of third stage transmission. So far there is no evidence for the need to […]
LABOUR MINISTRY YET TO SPEND RS. 2,053.59 CR. OF 2019-20 BUDGET
Focus: GS-II Governance Why in news? The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour in its March 13 report has flagged the under-utilisation of funds by the Union Labour and Employment Ministry, which was yet to spend almost 20% of its 2019-2020 Budget (revised estimate) as on February 10. The Committee, which is chaired by Biju Janata […]