Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Political Partis & Elections

The Election Commission [Art 324]
  • Chief Election commissioner & two election commissioners
  • Appointment by the President
  • Hold office for a term of 6years or attain age of 65 years ,whiever is earlier

Friday, January 25, 2013

The Foreigners (Protected Areas) Order 1958

Following areas are declared Protected Areas by this order:
  • All the areas of Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim
  • Parts of Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan

Judicial Reforms in India

Need:
  1. time-taking process
  2. costly
  3. large pendency of cases
  4. lower faith in subordinate courts, High Court (appeal to higher courts)

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Fourteenth Finance Commission Constituted

  • Article 280
  • Chairman
    Dr. Y.V.Reddy
    (former Governor Reserve Bank of India)

Science, Technology and Innovation Policy 2013

AIM
  1. To position India among the top five global scientific powers by 2020 
  2. Focus on faster, sustainable and inclusive development 
  3. National development and sustainable and more inclusive growth
SRISHTI
Science, Research and Innovation System for High Technology led path for India