In the 2007 case of breach of privilege against Ambassador Ronen Sen, the Lok Sabha Committee on privileges held that the phrase “headless chicken” was not used by Shri Sen in respect of MPs or politicians. No action was taken against him. In 2008, an editor of an Urdu weekly referred to the deputy chairman… Continue reading Case History
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Provisions on The Breach of Privilege
According to the Article 194 of the Indian Constitution, there are privileges provided to the state legislature, its members and committees and Article 105 does the same for Parliament and its members. Privileges such as freedom of speech in state legislature/Parliament, immunity to proceedings in court for anything said in the legislature/ Parliament, the House… Continue reading Provisions on The Breach of Privilege
Must Read News Articles – June 28
Archives GS 1 Social issues Dalit vs Dalit: (Indian Express, Editorial) The word “Dalit” refers to castes stigmatised in the socio-economic, political and cultural discourse of Indian society. GS 2 International groupings and agreements Indo-U.S. statement focusses on fight against terrorism: (The Hindu) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump jointly declared that bilateral… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – June 28
Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – June 28
Archives Read the following questions and answer them by clicking on the links in not more than 200 words Time: 30 Minutes Kindly review each others answers. 1.Do you think that the poor quality of governance has affected the educational administration in India? Examine. (GS 2) Indian Express 2. Discuss some reasons for the high levels… Continue reading Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – June 28
Key Highlights
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates have handed over a list of 13-point demand list to the Qatari regime The list reportedly demands Qatar to conclude all trade ties with Iran, end military cooperation with Turkey and shut down the Al Jazeera news network. Qatar is however, reluctant to comply with the… Continue reading Key Highlights
National Data Repository
The main objective is to setup National Data Repository of reliable exploration and production data for India with provisions for seamless access and on-line data management. Specific goals are: To validate, store, maintain and reproduce high quality and reliable geoscientific data To facilitate efficient data reporting, data exchange, and data trading among existing players including… Continue reading National Data Repository
Open Acreage License Policy
OALP gives an option to a company looking for exploring hydrocarbons to select the exploration blocks on its own, without waiting for the formal bid round from the Government. Under OALP, a bidder intending to explore hydrocarbons like oil and gas, coal bed methane, gas hydrate etc., may apply to the Government seeking exploration of… Continue reading Open Acreage License Policy
Discovered Small Field Bid
Ministry of Petroleum of Natural Gas (MoPNG) announced Discovered Small Field (DSF) Bid Round 2016 on 25thMay 2016, offering 46 contract areas across 9 sedimentary basins, for development. The technical bid documents were opened on 21stNovember at DGH’s Noida office in the presence of the all the bidders. The evaluation of the bids would be undertaken… Continue reading Discovered Small Field Bid
Influencing Factors used in the study
1. The cost of Vehicle Ownership – Acquisition and running cost of a motorised vehicle. 2. Fuel Costs – Retail price of fuel at the gas station. 3. Domestic Oil production – The oil in direct access to a nation within its political boundary 4. Ratio of road capacity to road demand – An indicator… Continue reading Influencing Factors used in the study
What is Delphi Method
It is a way of organising the ‘expert’ forecasts about the future. It works by the principle that several heads are better than one, to seek maximum likelihood of some future scenarios. Typically a questionnaire is passed on to a number of experts to acquire their independent The information from the first questionnaire is first… Continue reading What is Delphi Method
