Context: The Religious Freedom Bill passed by the Rajasthan Assembly in 2008, aimed at banning forcible religious conversions, was returned by the Union government as it deviated from the national policy. Recent…
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved setting up of 15th Finance Commission (FC). It is a constitutional obligation to set up FC under Article…
A Bill pending before the Parliament is to encourage both the public and private sectors to participate in the space programme. What is it? It is a proposed Bill to promote and…
Highlights of the Bill The Bill establishes a Resolution Corporation to monitor financial firms, anticipate risk of failure, take corrective action, and resolve them in case of such failure. The…
Context: The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Land Acquisition Bill, 2015, will seek the eighth extension in the upcoming Parliament session. The JPC was set up in May 2015…
The Cabinet set the ball rolling for the constitution of the Fifteenth Finance Commission, which will decide the devolution formula for revenue-sharing between the Centre and States from the year…
Work in the private health sector in Karnataka has been affected for the past few weeks over fears that the State government will pass the proposed KPME (Amendment) Bill 2017.…
The Supreme Court allowed a UAE-based professional to approach the Bench, expected to be set up to hear the petitions challenging the Aadhaar scheme, with his plea to exempt Non-Resident…
Context: It has long been recognised that children testifying as witnesses find the courtroom experience intimidating. In many cases, they are victims themselves, and may be deterred from deposing fully…
