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Law panel to examine simultaneous elections
❏ The issue of holding simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and the State Assemblies has been referred to the Law Commission for further examination, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju told the Lok Sabha. ❏ The Minister argued in favour of holding simultaneous elections as it would not only result in savings to the exchequer ... .Read more
Updated on 18 March, 2023 GS2 Governance Social issues & Justice Current Affairs
Wait continues in T.N. for Centre’s Pennaiyar tribunal
With the time limit fixed by the Supreme Court for the constitution of an interState river water disputes tribunal for Pennaiyar river getting expired, Tamil Nadu is waiting for the Centre’s next course of action. In mid December, the court gave the Centre three months to constitute the tribunal to reso... .Read more
Updated on 17 March, 2023 GS2 Infrastructure Social issues & Justice Environment Current Affairs
House panel questions huge cut in outlay for MGNREGS
Taking note of the drastic cut in allocation for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Generation Scheme (MGNREGS) in the Union Budget, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development, questioned the government’s rationale behind the reduction in the allocation for the scheme considering the key role it plays for the distressed popu... .Read more
Updated on 16 March, 2023 GS2 Daily Updates Governance Current Affairs
Current procedure for inclusion on ST list adequate: govt.
In News: The Tribal Affairs Ministry insisted once again that the current procedure for inclusion of communities on the Scheduled Tribes list was “adequate”. It was responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha, which raised concern about the need for a revision in the criteria and procedure for inclusion on the list. ... .Read more
Updated on 16 March, 2023 GS2 Polity Governance Current Affairs
On reservation for women in politics
The story so far: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K. Kavitha launched a six hour hunger strike on March 10 seeking early passage of the long pending Women’s Reservation Bill. The protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi was inaugurated by Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury. ... .Read more
Updated on 16 March, 2023 GS2 Governance Social issues & Justice Current Affairs
SC dismisses Centre’s plea seeking more money from Union Carbide
In News: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the government’s curative petition for additional compensation from the Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) to pay the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy as an attempt which came 39 years too late after what came to be known as “the world’s largest industrial disaster”. The Constitutio... .Read more
Updated on 15 March, 2023 GS2 Social issues & Justice Disaster Management Current Affairs
