Uniform Civil Code — the debate, the status
Context Last week, while hearing a matter relating to properties of a Goan, the Supreme Court described Goa as a “shining example” with a Uniform Civil Code, observed that the founders of…
Article 131 of the Indian Constitution
Context : Recently Kerala became the first state to challenge the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) before the Supreme Court. However, the legal route adopted by the state is different from…
National policy for treatment of rare diseases
Context : Recently the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare published a national policy for treatment of rare diseases, listing 450 diseases as rare but not providing a detailed roadmap…
Democracy Index
Context India slipped 10 places to 51st position in the latest Democracy Index global rankings published by The Economist Intelligence Unit. Its score, down from from 7.23 in 2018 to…
Global Social Mobility Report
Context The World Economic Forum, which organises the well-known annual gathering of the world’s most influential business and political decision-makers in the ski-resort of Davos (Switzerland), has come out with…
Article 131 of the Constitution and CAA
Context The Kerala government moved the Supreme Court against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. The Pinarayi Vijayan-led government, the first state to challenge the law, filed a petition under Article 131 of…
India’s Act East Policy
Context Prime Minister mentioned India will consider whether its concerns and interests in trade in goods, services, and investments are being fully accommodated when he attends the meeting of the…
Global Hunger Index 2019
Context Recently India has slipped to 102 positions in the Global Hunger Index 2019 of 117 countries, slipping from its 2018 position of 95 and behind its neighbours Nepal, Pakistan…
The Artificial Intelligence and Human Intentions
Context Recently Prime Minister has urged business leaders and technocrats to build a bridge between the artificial intelligence and human intentions and several ministries along with NITI Aayog have come…
Legislative Impact Assessment
Context: The Chairman of Rajya Sabha has advocated detailed Legislative Impact Assessment and called for informed law making in the country by bringing out social, economic, environmental and institutional impacts…
