Category: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL & SOCIAL

Context: Government plans for lateral entry in higher administrative posts Reforms in civil services: The civil services need to bring about three fundamental changes: Specific clauses under All India Services and Central Services Conduct Rules have been invoked to sack offices on grounds of incompetence and corruption. Lateral entry: The lateral entry into the higher… Continue reading The need for lateral entry in Indian Bureaucracy

Context: The physical police verification for getting a passport may soon be dispensed as the government plans to connect the procedure with the Crime and Criminal Tacking Network and System Project (CCTNS). Introduction: The Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems Project (CCTNS) is expected to link with the passport service of the Ministry of… Continue reading No more physical police verification for passports

Context The recent derailment mishap of Utkal express at Khatauli calls for a quick and a larger safety elevation What makes train travel so unsafe in India? Derailment Derailment seems to be the most common cause for train accidents. Reports of the Railway Ministry for 2015 and 2016 list a conflicting number of derailments in… Continue reading Recent Derailment mishap calls for speedy redressal

Context: The Supreme Court has stayed the execution of a couple, sentenced to death penalty in a case of sacrificing a two-year boy. Introduction: A Bench headed by Justice Dipak Mishra admitted the appeal filed by the condemned prisoners, Ishwari Lal Yadav and his wife Kiran Bai, whose death penalty was confirmed by the Chattisgargh… Continue reading Should India abolish the death penalty?

Context  A few months ago, the government of India put out its long-awaited “Strategic Partnership” policy for defense production. What is policy aimed at?  This policy is aimed at spurring private sector participation in defense manufacturing in India.  The government will identify one Indian private entity as a strategic partner to manufacture one major system:… Continue reading Long-awaited policy for defense production finally gets a breakthrough

Context As India march towards its ambitious goal of becoming a global power, hazes of unfreedom hover over the shadow of its individuals, as consumers and as groups within the would-be great nation Good Muslims and Bad Muslims The recent ban in illegal cow slaughter has massively affected the Muslim community who earn their livelihood… Continue reading Overlooking the urge to remain unrestricted

Context: After much discussion, the Centre will finally go ahead with its proposal to amend the Factories Act of 1948 by giving flexibility to State governments to fix the threshold limit. But concerns are flagged by a Parliamentary Standing Committee. Explanation: In 2014, the Centre had proposed changes to the Factories Act following requests from… Continue reading Center is primed to amend Factories Law

Context: Censorship exists in India to such an extent that citizens face crisis of speech and expression. It is only because censorship is both easy and efficient to accomplish. Explanation: What is censorship? The suppression or control of ideas, public communication and information circulated within a society is termed as censorship. The freedom of speech… Continue reading Making way for censorship to take a wrong turn

Context Indian Oil Corporation placed India’s first ever shale oil order with the U.S., and the prices from the U.S. were very competitive even when compared with those from Gulf nations. India bought four cargoes at the first Shale oil order. Pressure on OPEC countries The increasing oil imports from new sources such as the… Continue reading India to increase its dimension of oil importing

Context: The government introduced in the Lok Sabha ‘The Code on Wages’ bill which seeks to empower the Centre to fix a “universal minimum wage” aimed to benefit over 40 crore unorganized sector workers. Explanation: The cabinet on 10th August, 2017 approved the Code on Wages Bill, which proposes to make minimum wages a statutory… Continue reading A bill for the goodwill of workers or the contrary?