Context: Every year on August 9, the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples is commemorated. According to the United Nations (UN), there are over 476 million indigenous peoples in the globe, scattered over 90 nations and representing 5,000 different civilizations, accounting for 6.2 percent...
Delays in corporate insolvency: Context: The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has been chastised by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance for chronic vacancies in National Company Law Tribunals (CLTs), which are causing delays in corporate insolvency under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC). About: Observation of Parliamentary Standing Committee...
Context: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the continuance of the amended Samagra Shiksha Scheme for another five years, from 2021-22 to 2025-26, with a total budgetary outlay of Rs.2,94,283.04 crore, including Rs.1,85,398.32 crore from the Central government. The programme involves 1.16 million...
Context: The Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021, was just tabled in Parliament by the government. By modifying the Income Tax (IT) Act of 1961 and the Finance Act of 2012, the bill attempts to repeal the disputed retrospective tax law. By amending the law in...
Drone flights have been completed in 52,970 villages, and property cards have been handed to property owners in 7440 villages. About: SVAMITVA Scheme: With the issuing of legal ownership rights (Property cards/Title deeds), the SVAMITVA Scheme intends to offer the ‘Record of Rights' to village household owners who own...
Context: The Union Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, agreed on Tuesday to extend the Centrally-Sponsored Scheme (CSS) to 1,023 Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs), including 389 exclusive POCSO Courts, from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2023. The Cabinet has set aside Rs...
Context: During the ongoing Monsoon Session, members of parliament have addressed the topic of a proposal to modify the criteria for designating the "creamy layer" among OBCs. About: Other Backward class (OBCs) The Government of India uses the phrase "other backward class" to designate castes that are educationally...
Sub-tribes of the Halam clash Context People from the Halam sub-tribe, who fled to Assam after confrontations with Bru refugees in north Tripura, have returned to their hamlet Damcherra in Tripura's North district. The Brus arrived in Tripura in 1997 to flee an ethnic conflict in Mizoram, where...
Supreme Court rules that the governor's pardon power takes precedence over 433A Context The Supreme Court ruled that a state's governor can pardon inmates, including those on death row, even if they have not completed a minimum of 14 years in prison. In fact, a Bench of Justices...
Supreme Court rules that the governor's pardon power takes precedence over 433A: Context: The Supreme Court ruled that a state's governor can pardon inmates, including those on death row, even if they have not completed a minimum of 14 years in prison. In fact, a Bench of...
