One Nation, One Subscription Scheme #GS-02 Education For Prelims One Nation, One Subscription Scheme One Nation, One Subscription is a proposed Open Access program by the Ministry of Education to improve access to scholarly works. It was proposed in India’s fifth draft of Science Technology […]
Avoid further Delay in Conducting the Census #GS-01 Population, #GS-02 Election For Prelims Census in Independent India Census is conducted by the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. The statutory backing for conducting Census is given […]
Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act #GS-02 Healthcare For Prelims MTP (Amendment) Act 2021 The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act was first enacted in the year 1971. Its aim was to address the challenge of rising maternal mortality due to unsafe abortions. The amendment […]
Campuses of Foreign Higher Educational Institutions in India #GS-02 Education, International Relations For Prelims University Grants Commission (UGC): University Grants Commission was established under an Act of Parliament in 1953. It functions under the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) with its head office located […]
The crisis in international law #GS-02 International Relations, PSIR Optional For Mains (PSIR Optional) International Law Professor Hilary Charlesworth a current judge at the International Court of Justice described international law as “a discipline of crisis”. International Law post World War II has been more […]
UN Peacekeeping Force and India #GS-02 International Relations For Prelims UNPKF: The UN Peacekeeping Forces were first deployed when the UN Security Council authorized the deployment of UN military observers to the Middle East in 1948. The UN Peacekeeping force is supplemented by military and […]
Right to LGBTQ Marriage #GS-02 Social Justice For Prelims Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India: Navtej Singh Johar vs. Union of India is a landmark case in which Supreme Court decriminalized consensual homosexuality under IPC section 377. Supreme Court in Suresh Kumar Koushal v. […]
Kuki-Chin refugees pushed back #GS-01 Indian Society, #GS-02 International Relations For Prelims Kuki-Chin Refugees: The Kuki-Chins are an ethnic minority group originating from Bangladesh. They have fled the armed conflict between Bangladesh Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and the separatist group Kuki-Chin National Army (KNA). Kuki-Chin […]
Decennial census #GS-01 Indian Society, #GS-02 Governance For Prelims History of Census Census is the process of collecting, compiling, analyzing, evaluating, publishing and disseminating statistical data about the population. The first known census was taken by the Babylonian Empire in 3800 BCE and counted the […]
The values of local self-governance #GS-02 Local Self Government For Prelims Panchayati Raj in India Parliament passed the 73rd and 74th constitutional amendments in December 1992 to give constitutional status to panchayats and municipalities, respectively. They require States to vest panchayats and municipalities with enough […]