A five-judge Bench of the Supreme Court held that States can sub-classify Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, for granting them reservation, in the Central List to provide preferential treatment to the weakest out of the weak. The constitution bench observed that since state governments…
Month: August 2020
National Council for Transgender Persons
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has constituted the National Council for Transgender Persons, a requirement under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019. Representatives from five states or Union Territories, on a rotational basis, will be members…
National Recruitment Agency
The Union Cabinet has decided to set up a National Recruitment Agency (NRA). NRA will conduct a common preliminary examination, Common Eligibility Test (CET) for various recruitments, for all non-gazetted posts, including Group B and C (non-technical) jobs, in the central government;…
National Digital Health Mission
It aims at creating a health ID for every Indian. The platform has been planned to improve efficiency, effectiveness and transparency of health service delivery. The health ID will be in the form of a mobile application of website;which is…
India ranks first in number of organic farmers and ninth in terms of area
India ranks first in number of organic farmers and ninth in terms of area under organic farming. Sikkim became the first State in the world to become fully organic and other States including Tripura and Uttarakhand have set similar targets….
Supreme Court holds Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt for tweets against court
The Supreme Court held lawyer Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt for tweets against the court. LEARNING FROM HOME/WITHOUT CLASSES/BASICS Contempt of Court as a concept that seeks to protect judicial institutions from motivated attacks and unwarranted criticism; a legal mechanism…
Transparent Taxation Platform
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a platform to honour and appreciate the honest taxpayers of the country. Transparent Taxation – Honouring The Honest’ platform will introduce reforms such as faceless assessment, faceless appeal, and taxpayers charter. Faceless assessment and taxpayers…
Daughters have equal property rights rules Supreme Court
The Supreme Court expanded on a Hindu woman’s right to be a joint legal heir and inherit ancestral property on terms equal to male heirs. The ruling extends the scope of legislation introduced in 2005 to cases where the father…