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Restructuring of Railway Board
Why in News The Union Cabinet has approved restructuring of the Railway Board. The number of Railway Board members will be reduced to five from...
27 Dec 2019 Governance
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UGC Issues Norms for Ethics in Higher Education
Why in News Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has adopted the Higher Education Quality Improvement Programme Mandate to improve the...
27 Dec 2019 Governance
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Why in News The Good Governance Day is observed on 25th December to mark the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. On...
26 Dec 2019 Governance
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Why in News Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) has achieved its target of creating Urban India Open Defecation Free (ODF). Urban areas of 35...
24 Dec 2019 Governance
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Introduction The expression ‘Public Interest Litigation’ has been borrowed from American jurisprudence, where it was designed to...
23 Dec 2019 Governance
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Nagpur Resolution for Empowering Citizens
Why in News Recently, the ‘Nagpur Resolution- A Holistic Approach for Empowering Citizens’ was adopted during the session on...
23 Dec 2019 Governance
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Why in News Distribution Companies’ (Discom) losses, which had progressively reduced in the first couple of years since the rollout of Ujwal...
23 Dec 2019 Governance
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Arunachal to Mark Schools as ‘Hard’ and ‘Soft’
Why in News Arunachal Pradesh has launched Teachers’ Transfer & Posting Policy, 2020, for ensuring need-based distribution of teachers to...
23 Dec 2019 Governance
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National Population Register Updation
Why in News The Union Home Ministry will be undertaking an updation exercise of the National Population Register (NPR). The National Population...
21 Dec 2019 Governance
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Why in news With protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act intensifying at several places across many states, several state governments have...
20 Dec 2019 Governance
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Why in News Recently, the Delhi High Court quashed an order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) which had held that Electronic Voting...
19 Dec 2019 Governance
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This article is based on “The widening fissure in India’s rule of law” which was published in The Hindu on 18/12/2019. It talks...
18 Dec 2019 Governance
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Why in News The Ministry of Communications has launched ‘National Broadband Mission’ that will facilitate universal and equitable access...
18 Dec 2019 Governance
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Packaged Foods Breach Salt and Fat Limits
Why in News According to a recent analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), an array of packaged snacks and fast foods breach safe...
18 Dec 2019 Governance
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Opposition to Citizenship Amendment Act
This article is based on “The distinct cry of an imperilled frontier” which was published in the The Hindu on 16/12/2019. It talks...
16 Dec 2019 Governance
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Why in News The Andhra Pradesh Disha Bill, 2019 i.e. Andhra Pradesh Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2019 which provides for death sentence for...
16 Dec 2019 Governance
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Why in News India’s drug pricing regulator, National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), has allowed an increase in the maximum retail...
14 Dec 2019 Governance
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Why in News The deadline for the government’s Accessible India Campaign (AIC) has been extended to March 2020 due to slow progress. AIC is...
14 Dec 2019 Governance
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Why in News Ministry of Human Resource Development is implementing the Scheme of Vocationalisation of School Education. Under the scheme, a...
13 Dec 2019 Governance
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Heavy Metals Contaminating India’s Rivers
Why in News Recently, the Central Water Commission (CWC) has reported that the samples from two-thirds of the water quality stations spanning...
12 Dec 2019 Governance