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POLITY AND GOVERNANCE RECENT BILLS- The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016
- Amendments to Enemy Property Act 1968 Representation of People (Amendment) Bill 2010
- Lokpal and Lokayukta (Amendment) Act, 2016
- Whistleblowers Amendment Bill
- The Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2017 (autonomy of institutes)
- Relevance of Rajya Sabha
- Special privileges to MPs and its implications
- Frequent disruption of Parliament and its impact
- Anti-Defection Law
- Office of Profit issue
- Basics of Separation of Power in India Imposition of President Rule
- The Inter-State River Water Disputes (Amendment) Bill 2017 introduced in Lok Sabha
- The RTE (Amendment) Bill, 2017 introduced in Lok Sabha
- Provisions related to Removal of Governors
- Politicization of post of Governor
- Political Parties and RTI
- Frequent promulgation of Ordinance
- Freebies Politics in India
- SECOND ARC
- Functions of government
- Issues in organizational structure of GOI
- Good governance and Citizen Centric administration
- E-Governance
- Ethics in Governance
- JUDICIARY
- NJAC declared unconstitutional by Supreme Court
- . Proposal for National Court of Appeal
- Concept of defamation in India
- Contempt of Court
- Public Interest Litigation .
- Issue of Judicial over-reach
- Future challenges to Judiciary
- Judicial reforms
- Advocates Amendment bill
- Creation of All India Judicial Services- a road towards judicial transformation
- National Litigation Policy
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- Nagaland Reservation in Urban bodies: Issue
- Education qualification made mandatory for contesting Local Government Elections
- Reforms needed in Municipalities in Sync with Urban development Missions
- 14th Finance Commission and Local Governments ELECTIONS
- Simultaneous Elections: feasibility and benefits
- Introduction of NOTA in elections
- Benefits of recognition as a National party
- Provision of Compulsory Voting
- State funding in elections
- Voting rights to NRI .
- Issue of Paid News .
- Law Commission Report on Electoral Reforms
- Paper trail Units
- New norms in corporate political funding
- Role of civil society in free and fair election
- Women voices in elections
- Issues with working of political parties
- ORGANISATIONS/BODIES
- Finance Commission: Analysis
- Pay Commission Report and Repercussions
- AFSPA and Second ARC
- Inter-State Water dispute tribunal
- Niti Aayog
- Public Accounts Committees (parliamentary committees)
- Autonomy of CBI
- Right to Information:
- MGNREGA
- Accountability and transparency in NGOs
- Analysis of functioning of CAG
- Indian Skill Development Service
- INITIATIVES FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
- Centre issues notification for protection of Good Samaritans
- Debate on the issue of Lobbying in India
- Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation (PRAGATI)
- Reforms needed in Indian Bureaucracy
- Curb on VIP culture
- Media and censorship
- Direct Benefit transfer
- Model land leasing law prepared by NITI Aayog
- Why making Aadhar mandatory not suitable?
- Safety of Aadhar data
- Performance Appraisal system
- Right based approach in policy making SCHEME
- Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)
- Swatchh Bharat Mission .
- National Skill Development Mission .
- National Food Security act, 2013
- Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
- Smart City Mission
- Namami Gange
- REPOR TS AND POLICIES
- NITI aayog's report on rationalization of centrally sponsored schemes (CSS)
- NITI Aayog submits report on regulatory reforms for Indian systems of medicine and Homeopathy
- Standing Committee Report Summary Indigenous and Modern Forms of Water Conservation
- Working Group on Migration submits report
- Draft Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017 released
MISCELLANEOUS
- Liquor ban on highways: critical analysis
- NFSA implemented
- . National Water Framework Bill 95. Demand for Smaller States
- Directly Elected Mayor
- UT working (69th Constitutional Amendment Act)
- Singur verdict
- “Special Category” Status
