Food first: Addressing poor child nutrition
Context: The central principle that should guide the Centre in improving maternal and child nutrition is that early childhood is the foundation for the health and well-being of an individual. …
Billed for change: amendments to the National Medical Council Bill
Context: The union cabinet approves changes in the National Medical Commission (NMC) bill. Changes in the NMC Bill: These changes address some of the loudest criticisms of the Bill. Among…
Reimagining governance
Context: The 115 Aspirational Districts Programme (ADP) conceived by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is radical not because this is the first time that a government in India has focussed on…
Uday Kotak Committee
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) panel on corporate governance led by Uday Kotak proposed sweeping changes. The recommendations are listed below: a) Panel proposed more powers for…
Pune tops quality of governance list
Context: Pune, Kolkata, Thiruvananthapuram and Bhubaneswar have the best quality of governance among Indian cities in 2017, a study has found. Highlights of the Study: The fifth edition of the Annual…
Against human rights
Context: The rule of law has rightly been argued to be part of the basic structure of the Indian Constitution. It is an unqualified human good. In fact, our criminal…
electronic- Human Resource Management System
The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space launched the electronic-Human…
Centre plans to set up more commercial courts
Context: Days after India jumped 30 positions in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business ranking, Law Ministry officials said the Union government proposed to establish commercial courts in districts…
The Groundwater Bill, 2017
Introduction: The water crisis India faces is of such a magnitude that urgent measures are necessary to address it. Yet, while the crisis is often discussed, law and policy measures…
New cadre policy for IAS, IPS officers finalised
Central Government a new policy for cadre allocation of IAS, IPS and other officers. Now, officers of all-India services will have to choose cadres from a set of zones instead…