Category: Governance

Context: A State-wide campaign has been launched in Rajasthan for demanding passage of the social accountability law in the next Assembly session. Relevance: GS-II: Governance (Government Policies and…

Context: The Supreme Court has introduced a new system – the “Fast and Secured Transmission of Electronic Records” (FASTER) system. Relevance: GS-II: Governance (Transparency and Accountability, e-Governance, Government…

Context: The Supreme Court accused the Centre of “cherry-picking” names for appointments to tribunals groaning under backlog and left almost defunct by long-pending vacancies. Relevance: GS-II: Governance (Government…

Context: There have been various instances in 2020-21 where government has faced the heat of having no data on many important issues such as migrant labourers, workers in…

Context: Recently, the Ministry of Home Affairs has said in the Lok Sabha that owing to the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, Census 2021 and other Census-related field activities…

Context: The Income Tax department has notified three official email IDs for taxpayers to register their grievances over different aspects of faceless assessment scheme. Relevance: GS-II: Governance (E-Governance,…

Context: The Supreme Court gave the Centre and the States eight weeks to fill up the vacancies in the consumer disputes redressal commissions. Relevance: GS-II: Governance (Government Policies…

Context: It could be a long wait before employers and workers enjoy the so-called benefits extended by the labour codes: Code on Wages, Industrial Relations Code, the Occupational…