Context: Rajasthan government approved a proposal to provide ₹3 crores with each from the MLA Local Area Development (LAD) Fund. More in the news: This move is to mobilise financial resources for the COVID-19 vaccination of people in the age group of 18 to 44 years of Rajasthan. For meeting the expenses, the fund for each legislator has been inc... .Read more
Updated on 12 May, 2021 GS2 Polity
Context- Centre has filed a plea in the Supreme Court regarding intervention of judiciary in the domain of executive actions. Background- The Centre’s affidavit can be seen in the backlight of active involvement by judiciary in the pandemic management. Recently, A trend has been witnessed where the judicial bodies - The Supreme Co... .Read more
Updated on 11 May, 2021 GS2 Polity
Context: Nepal’s Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli lost a confidence vote, triggering fresh political uncertainty just as the Himalayan nation reels from the pandemic. Background: PM dissolved Parliament in December, accusing members of his Nepal Communist Party (NCP) of being uncooperative. The NCP was formed in 2018 by a merger between Mr Oli... .Read more
Context: Hospitals and NGOs expecting COVID-19 relief material from foreign donors are facing delays due to not being registered under FCRA. Background- Recently, the government allowed imports of COVID-19 relief material from foreign agencies and individual donors without GST for free distribution in India. States were given the respo... .Read more
Updated on 10 May, 2021 GS2 Polity
Context– Recently, Supreme Court has given judgments regarding the freedom of media in reporting High court case hearings. Background- In the past week, the Supreme court had passed orders dismissing Election Commission’s plea against Madras High Court’s comments that Election commission should be singularly responsible for t... .Read more
Updated on 8 May, 2021 GS2 Polity
Context: Chief Justice of India, N.V. Ramana nominated four separate Benches of the Supreme Court to sit consecutively in May, during the first part of the summer holidays, to hear extremely urgent cases. More in the News: The decision to have two separate Division Benches sitting in a week during vacations is significant considering the fact that p... .Read more
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