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Keyword of the Day | Precariat Charter | Guy Standing

Precariat Charter refers to a set of principles proposed to protect the economic, social and political rights of the precariat people living with insecure employment, unstable income and weak social protection.

for e.g. e-Shram portal seeks to create a national database of unorganised workers, including migrant workers and gig/platform workers enabling better targeting of social-security schemes.

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Unimplemented reforms in administration weaken the administrative reforms process most.” Do you agree? Give your answer citing specific cases as illustrations.

Thinker of the Day | H.M. Seervai

Work – Constitutional Law of India — a landmark work on Indian constitutional law and Centre–State relations.

Views – Strong Constitutionalism – Seervai emphasized that the Constitution is the supreme legal framework and governmental institutions must operate within constitutional limitations.

• Federal Character of India – He rejected simplistic descriptions of India as merely unitary and emphasized the federal features embedded in the constitutional structure while recognizing the Union’s stronger position.

• Centre–State Relations – Constitution creates a strong Union but this does not eliminate the federal character of the Indian polity. The distribution of legislative and executive powers remains constitutionally significant.

• Constitutional Supremacy – The Supreme Court and judicial review play a crucial role in maintaining constitutional boundaries between different organs and levels of government.

Seervai’s constitutional perspective reminds us that a strong Centre does not by itself make India a unitary state, the federal distribution of constitutional powers remains fundamental to Indian governance.