M.P. SPEAKER SERVES NOTICE ON 13 REBEL MLAs
Focus: GS-II Governance Why in news? Amid the political turmoil in Madhya Pradesh, Assembly Speaker has served notice on 13 rebel MLAs, asking them to appear before him immediately and attest that they had resigned of their own accord as legislators. The Speaker has asked the MLAs to verify in person that they had submitted […]
ROLE OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL AND ELECTED GOVERNMENT IS INTERTWINED
Focus: GS-II Governance, Prelims Why in news? The Madras High Court on 12th March 2020, said a government is “a trustee for the little man who should not have a perception that the running of the government is a gigantic conspiracy”. It held that the role of Puducherry’s Lieutenant Governor and that of an elected […]
PESTICIDE SECTOR HIT BY INPUT ISSUES
Focus: GS-III Indian Economy Why in news? The Indian pesticide industry is heavily dependent on Chinese imports for raw materials, and could be heavily impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak, according to an analysis prepared by the Agriculture Ministry. The Ministry estimates that domestic inventories may be sufficient for the kharif sowing season, but any further […]
FORCIBLE DISPOSSESSION OF A PERSON’S PROPERTY IS A HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION
Focus: GS-II Governance, Prelims Why in news? The Supreme Court has reiterated that forcible dispossession of a person of his private property without due process of law is a human right violation. In a recent judgment by a Bench led by Justice S.K. Kaul, the court stressed, quoting from its judgments, that right to property […]
SUPREME COURT COMES DOWN ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT WORKPLACE
Focus: GS-II Social Justice Why in news? Sexual harassment of women at workplace is an affront to their fundamental right to equality and a life with dignity, the Supreme Court has held in a judgment. Sexual harassment at the workplace is an affront to the fundamental rights of a woman to equality under Articles 14 […]
COVID-19 DECLARED PANDEMIC BY WHO, STATES TO BE ASKED TO INVOKE EPIDEMIC DISEASE ACT
Focus: GS-III Disaster Management, Science and Technology, Prelims Why in news? The World Health Organisation (WHO) on March 11 said that according to its assessment, COVID-19 “can be characterised as a PANDEMIC.” WHO has been assessing this outbreak round-the-clock and we are deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity, and by […]
SHARED ECONOMY AT $2 BILLION BY END-2020
Focus: GS-III Indian Economy Why in news? The shared economy in India is estimated to be an about $2 billion industry by the end of the current 2020 year, according to a recent report by Maple Capital Advisors. What is Shared Economy? The sharing economy is a way of distributing goods and services that differs […]
THERMAL COAL IMPORTS FOR 2019 RISE 12.6%
Focus: GS-III Indian Economy, Industry and Infrastructure Why in news? India’s thermal coal imports rose 12.6% to nearly 200 million tonnes in 2019, government data reviewed by Reuters showed, reflecting the second straight year of growth in shipments of the fuel despite attempts by the government to cut imports. India’s Coal Imports Coal is among […]
OIL SURGES ON HOPE OF ECONOMIC STIMULUS
Focus: GS-III Economic development Why in news? Oil prices surged by around 8% on 10th March 2020, a day after the biggest rout in nearly 30 years as investors eyed the possibility of economic stimulus and Russia signalled that talks with OPEC remained possible. Joint Steps with Russia Russian Oil Minister Alexander Novak said he […]
LPG SCHEME PM UJJWALA YOJANA CLOSED, BUT ONLY 3 STATES HAVE GONE KEROSENE-FREE
Focus :GS-II Social Justice Why in news? A parliamentary committee has said only three States and five Union Territories have become kerosene-free. Government in September last met the target of eight crore LPG connections under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana on September 2020. Details of the report The report of the Parliamentary Committee on Petroleum, […]