Legalising Same-Sex Marriage
Context: Recently, The Supreme Court transferred to itself petitions pending in various High Courts seeking legal recognition of same-sex marriage. Relevance: GS II: Polity and Governance Dimensions of the Article: What do the petitions say? What is the government’s stand? What about other countries? About Special Marriage Act, 1954 The Act has 3 major objectives: […]
Assam Delimitation
Context: The new year has started with the Election Commission kicking off the process of delimitation of Assembly and Parliamentary constituencies in Assam. The most-recent delimitation exercise, that of Jammu and Kashmir, took a little over two years to complete. Relevance: Polity and governance Dimensions of the Article: Importance of delimitation Why is delimitation being […]
Mahadayi River Dispute
Context: Karnataka’s decision to go ahead with a water diversion project on river Mahadayi has escalated its long-standing dispute on the issue with neighbouring Goa. Relevance: GS II: Polity and Governance Dimensions of the Article: Details: About Mahadayi(Mandovi) river What is the Kalasa-Banduri Nala project? Why is the Dispute? What did the Tribunal say? What […]
Draft Rules for Online Gaming
Context: Recently, the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has released the Draft Rules for Online Gaming. Relevance: GS II: Polity and Governance Dimensions of the Article: About Draft Rules for Online Gaming: Self Regulatory Body: Additional due diligence Random Number Generation Certificate: Betting: Appoint a compliance officer Online gaming sector in India What is […]
Vokkaligas, Lingayats Share in Reservation
Context: Recently, Karnataka has categorized the two dominant communities, Vokkaligas and Lingayats, as “moderately backward” from the “backward” category in a move that could increase their share in reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC). Relevance: GS II: Polity and Governance Dimensions of the Article: Details: Who are Lingayats? Lingayats have their own religion: Who are […]
Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill 2022
Context: Recently, the Union Government tabled the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2022 in Parliament. Relevance: GS II: Polity and Governance Dimensions of the Article: Details: Highlights of the Bill Decriminalizing a number of offences: Revision of Fines and Penalties: Appointing Adjudicating Officers: Appellate Mechanisms: Why has the Bill been Introduced? -Source: The Hindu
Remote Electronic Voting Machine
Context: The Election Commission of India said that it has developed a prototype for a Multi-Constituency Remote Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) which would enable remote voting by migrant voters. Relevance: GS II: Polity and Governance Dimensions of the Article: Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) What are Remote EVMs? What is the current proposal for remote voting? […]
Triple Test Survey
Context: After the Allahabad High Court ordered the Uttar Pradesh government to hold urban local body elections without reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) because the ‘triple test’ requirement for the quota had not been fulfilled, the state set up a commission for this purpose. Relevance: GS II: Polity and Governance Dimensions of the Article: […]
Videocon-Chanda Kochhar Case
Context: Recently, the Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI)arrested private lender ICICI Bank’s former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD &CEO)Chanda Kochhar along with her husband, Deepak Kochhar. The CBI also arrested Videocon promoter Venugopal Dhoot. Relevance: GS II: Polity and Governance Dimensions of the Article: What is the case about? What is their defence? Central […]
The Karnataka-Maharashtra border row
Context: Belagavi (also known as Belgaum) has been at the centre of a long-standing territorial dispute between the states of Maharashtra and Karnataka. Relevance: GS II: Polity and Governance Dimensions of the Article: Details: The 2022 resolution Belagavi is transferred from Bombay state to Mysore state Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti State Reorganisation Act, 1956 Karnataka affirms […]