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Operation Meghdoot was the code-name for the Indian Armed Forces operation to capture the Siachen Glacier in the Jammu and Kashmir State of India, precipitating the Siachen Conflict. Launched on 13 April 1984, this military operation was unique as the first assault launched in the world’s highest battlefield. The military action resulted in Indian troops … Read more DMPQ- Operation Meghdoot

Suggestions are: Make roster system ( allocation of cases) more consultative Do away with collegium system Bring Judiciary under the scope of RTI Genuine Procedural changes to discourage the prioritisation of few high profile cases Fixation of timelines for submission by litigants Registration of petition online Uploading of signed copies of judgements at all level( … Read more DMPQ:Suggest some ways to make Judiciary more robust and transparent.

Ambedkar’s main ideas thrusted upon equality, social justice and perpetual improvement of the society.  He emphasis on mitigation of evils of caste system. This idea is still relevant. As caste is one of the dividing factor in India. His idea of social justice encapsulated political, economic and social democracy. Acc. To him, political dem. Without … Read more DMPQ- Give an account on the ideas of Ambedkar. Do you think they are still relevant?

This act is a progressive tool passed by Indian parliament. The  act is in accordance with the modern liberal principles and ethos. Salient features of the act are: Disability has been defined comprehensively and no. of disability have been raised from 7 to 21.Speech and Language Disability and Specific Learning Disability have been added for … Read more DMPQ- Outline the major provisions of Person with disabilities act, 2016.

Child Marriage is defined as a marriage of a girl before the age of 18 years  or boy before the age of 21 and refers to both formal marriages and informal unions in which children under the age of 18 live with a partner as if married. Child marriage affects both girls and boys, but … Read more DMPQ- What is child marriage? Why Child marriage is rampant in India?

Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) including Self-Employment and Talent Utilization (SETU) is Government of India’s endeavour to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship. Its objective is to serve as a platform for promotion of world-class Innovation Hubs, Grand Challenges, Start-up businesses and other self-employment activities, particularly in technology driven areas. The Atal Innovation Mission shall … Read more DMPQ:Atal Innovation mission.

The Government of India, in the year 2013, legislated Sexual Harassment Act. The Act incorporates guidelines issued in Vishaka case by Supreme Court of India.The Act states its objectives as prevention of violation of fundamental rights of a woman employee under article 14 (equal protection under the laws), article 15 (prohibition of discrimination on race, … Read more DMPQ:Outline the features of the Sexual harassment of women at workplace(Prevention, Prohibition, redressal) Act.

Low productivity: Between the 1950s and the 1960s, the LokSabha used to meet for an average of 120 days in a year whereas Productivity of the 15th LokSabha has been the worst in the last fifty years Frequent disruptions: During the 15th LokSabha, frequent disruptions of Parliamentary proceedings have resulted in the LokSabha working for … Read more DMPQ- Outline the major issues in functioning of parliament.

  Election Commission of India (ECI) is a constitutional body under Article-324 vested with the responsibilities of superintendence, direction and control of conduct of elections. It consists of a Chief Election Commissioner and two Election Commissioners. Election commission independence is bedrock of our democracy. It ensures free and fair elections. But there are inherent problems with election … Read more DMPQ- Independent mechanism for election of Chief election commissioner and election commissioner is need of the hour. Comment

Consolidated Fund of India This is the chief account of the Government of India. The inflow to this fund is by way of taxes like Income Tax, Central Excise, Customs and also non-tax revenues which arise to the government in connection with the conduct of its business. Loans raised by issue of treasury bills are … Read more DMPQ- Difference between consolidated fund and Public accounts of India.

Model code of conduct are directives given to political parties to ensure free and fair elections at the same time to maintain  high standards in the elections. The provisions of the conducts are not legally binding.  The MCC comes into force with the declaration of election schedule. Election commission can enforce MCC in following ways: … Read more DMPQ- What is model code of conduct? How Election commission can enforce it.

The Finance Bill, 2017, introduced “electoral bonds”, that are interest free bearer bonds. It is an instrument that is used to donate money to political parties. The parties involved will probably be a donor, the political party and the RBI — which acts as the intermediary.Electoral bonds can be purchased from an authorized bank, issued … Read more DMPQ:What are electoral bonds? Electoral bonds does not pass the test of transparency. Comment (POLITY)

PMO is the attached office of the Prime minister. It acts as a centralised agency. The relevance of PMO is decided by the person holding the post of the PM and the kind of government majority government or minority government. Relevance of PMO: Acts as a repository of data, records, files etc. Hence provide continuity … Read more DMPQ- What is PMO? Comment on its relevance. (POLITY)

The constitution gives Councils limited legislative powers. Unlike Rajya Sabha which has substantial powers to shape non-financial legislation, Legislative Councils lack the constitutional mandate to do so. Legislative Assemblies have the power to override suggestions/amendments made to a legislation by the Council.The Rajya Sabha has equal powers with the Lok Sabha in all spheres except … Read more DMPQ:Legislative Council is just a dilatory chamber. Its power is nowhere near Rajya Sabha. Comment

It seeks to grant the National Commission on Backward Classes (NCBC) constitutional status, at par with the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) and the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes.The NCBC is a body set up under the National Commission for Backward Classes Act, 1993. The Act states that the President may specify the socially and … Read more DMPQ:Write short note on 123rd Constitutional amendment act?

While both the areas under 5th schedule and 6th schedule have dominance of the tribal people, constitution calls them with different names as Scheduled Area under 5th schedule while Tribal areas under 6th schedule. While executive powers of the union extend in Scheduled areas with respect to their administration in 5th schedule; the 6th schedule areas remain … Read more DMPQ:What is the difference between the V schedule and VI schedule of the constitution?

Any MP who is not a Minister isreferred to as a private member. Bills introducedby Ministers are referred to as government bills.They are backed by the government and reflect itslegislative agenda. Private member’s bills arepiloted by non-Minister MPs. Introduction in the House: The admissibility of a private member’s Bill isdecided by the Presiding Officer. The … Read more DMPQ: Who is a private member in a Parliament? Outline the procedure of passing a Private member bill?

Co-operative federalism, in general terms, is a concept wherein the federal government, state government, and local government interact co-operatively and share theirresponsibilities in the governance. Corwin defines co-operative federalism thus: “The Statesand National Governments are regarded as mutually complementary parts of a singlegovernmental mechanism all the powers are intended to realise the current purposes ofgovernment … Read more DMPQ- What do you understand by the concept of cooperative federalism?

The FRs enshrined in Part III of the Constitution have met with a wide range and varied criticism. Excessive Limitations They are subjected to innumerable exceptions, restrictions, qualifications and explanations. Hence, the critics remarked that the Constitution grants Fundamental Rights with one hand and takes them away with the other. No Social and Economic Rights … Read more DMPQ- Fundamental rights in India are not immune from criticism. Comment.

A child is permitted to work only to help family, in family enterprise or as child artistafter school hours or during vacations. The amendment has introduced the concept of adolescent labour for the first time. An adolescent has been defined as a person between the ages of 14-18 years. The amendment permit employment of adolescent … Read more DMPQ- What were the amendments made in the child and adolescent labor (prohibition and regulation ) Act, 1986?

Indian Railways has launched the mission Satyanishtha. It aims at sensitizing all railway employees about the need to adhere to good ethics and to maintain high standards of integrity at work.  It is the first ever such mission by any government organisation. The objectives of the Mission are To train every employee to understand the … Read more DMPQ- Short note on Mission Satyanishtha

Potholes are a major cause for accidental deaths and between 2013 and 2016, official statistics says that 11,836 deaths due to it in India. Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra have the dubious distinction for consistently causing potholes related accidents. Significantly, pothole related deaths peak during monsoons and ironically. While cases are to … Read more DMPQ- What are the challenges in ensuring road safety in India?

The conditions can be summarised as below:   Large scale migration has created a fear in the minds of people that they will be reduced to minority in their own states or regions. Migrants threaten their culture sand traditions and also occupy already limited employment opportunities. Migration of Muslims has also imparted it a communal … Read more DMPQ- Discuss the condition that lead to the insurgency in North east.

Cooperative federalism implies that the Centre and states share a horizontal relationship, where they “cooperate” in the larger public interest. It’s visualized as an important tool to enable states’ participation in the formulation and implementation of national policies. Executive Mechanisms for Co-Operative Federalism: Inter-State Council (ISC): Article 263 of the Constitution, provides the provision for … Read more DMPQ- What is cooperative federalism? Mention the executive mechanism through which cooperative federalism can be strengthened.

National commission for women was set up as a statutory body in 1992 under the National Commission for Women Act, 1990.  Its mission is to review the Constitutional and legal safeguards for women, recommend remedial legislative measures, facilitate redressal of grievances and advise the Government on all policy matters affecting women. It consists of a … Read more DMPQ- Short note on National Commission for women.

The Governor of state has more discretionary powers than the President of India. He is not bound to act on the advise of the council of Ministers in certain circumstances, even he need not seek its advise. The constitution does not specify these matters but the matters in which he can act without the advise of … Read more DMPQ- What are the discretionary powers of a governor of state?

With an objective to enhance transparency and accountability as a part of the Ease of Doing Business in the Mining sector, TAMRA (Transparency, Auction Monitoring and Resource Augmentation) portal and Mobile Application was launched.   TAMRA Portal and Mobile Application  is a step to speed up mining activity in India and facilitate all the stakeholders to track the status … Read more DMPQ: Write a short note on TAMRA Portal.

Pursuant to the acceptance of recommendations of the Committee on National Integration and Regionalisation, the Constitution (Sixteenth Amendment) Act, 1963 was enacted to impose, by law, reasonable restrictions in the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of India. In order to implement the provisions of 1963 Act, the Unlawful Activities act was passed.   Issues … Read more DMPQ: Discuss the issues with the Unlawful activities and prevention act.

Conflicts in the region can be broadly grouped under the following categories: National conflicts: Involving concept of a distinct ‘homeland’ as a separate nation and pursuit of the realization of that goal by use of various methods both violent as well as non violent. Ex: ULFA demand for sovereign Asom, NSCN for Greater Nagaland. Ethnic … Read more DMPQ: Give an outline on the nature of conflicts in the North eastern region.

Pardoning powers granted under article 72 of the constitution to the President   Pardon – It removes both the sentence and the conviction and completely absolves the convict from all the sentences, punishments and disqualifications. Commutation – It denotes the substitution of one form of punishment for a lighter form. Remission – It implies reducing … Read more DMPQ: Explain the terms mentioned in the pardoning power of the President.

In the last few years, a large number of farmers have committed suicide.  Cases of suicides have been reported from states such as Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh.  The NCF has underlined the need to address the farmer suicide problem on a priority basis. Some of measures suggested include: … Read more DMPQ: Outline the recommendation of National commission on Agriculture to prevent farmer suicide.

The Committee was constituted under the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) in October,2015.  The report proposes an Education Policy, which seeks to address challenges faced by the current education system.  Key features of the proposed Policy are summarised below. Early childhood care and education was inconsistent across states. The committee recommended that ECCE for … Read more DMPQ: What was the mandate of New education policy in India? Outline its salient features.

Bibek debroi committee gave recommendations for transformation of Indian Railways. The committee gave its report in 2015. The major recommendations of committee are as follows: Transition in the process of making financial statement and books and accounts. It has to be in accordance with the international standards. Streamline in the recruitment and HR process. Services … Read more DMPQ: write down the recommendations of Bibek debroi committee?

a) To enable children to become motivated, independent and engaged readers and writers with comprehension possessing sustainable and lasting reading and writing skills and achieve learnings level appropriate to the class of study. b) To make the children understand the reasoning in the domains of number, measurement and shapes, and enable them to become independent … Read more DMPQ:Write down the objectives of padebharat and bhadebharat.

The Union Budget, 2018-19, has proposed to treat school education holistically without segmentation from pre-nursery to Class 12. Samagra Shiksha – an overarching programme for the school education sector extending from pre-school to class 12 has been, therefore, prepared with the broader goal of improving school effectiveness measured in terms of equal opportunities for schooling … Read more DMPQ:SAMAGRA SHIKSHA

Citizens’ Charters initiative is a response to the mission for solving the problems which a citizen meets, day in and day out, while dealing with the organisations providing public services. The charter is the declaration of commitment to superiority in service to customers of the department. The citizen charter declares the standards for various services … Read more DMPQ:What is Citizen Charter? Why Citizen charter is necessary?

The Union Cabinet  gave its approval to the National Policy on Electronics 2019 (NPE 2019), proposed by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). The Policy envisions positioning India as a global hub for Electronics System Design and Manufacturing – (ESDM) by encouraging and driving capabilities in the country for developing core components, including … Read more DMPQ:What are the salient features of National Electronic Policy?

As per the law under the section 33(7) of the Representation of the People Act, a candidate can contest from two seats. Recently the SC gave the ruling to examine this provision. This provision shall be done away with as : In case of winning from both seats as per section 70 of RoPA, the … Read more DMPQ: Why the provision of contesting from two seats simultaneously shall be examine?

One of the key components of the National Rural Health Mission is to provide every village in the country with a trained female community health activist ASHA or Accredited Social Health Activist. Selected from the village itself and accountable to it, the ASHA will be trained to work as an interface between the community and … Read more DMPQ: ASHA

: Impact of Criminalization: The law-breakers get elected as law-makers- The people who are being tried for various offences are given the opportunity to make laws for the whole country, which undermines the sanctity of the Parliament. Loss of public faith in Judicial machinery- It is apparent that those with political influence take advantage of their power … Read more DMPQ: Recently the setting up of courts for trial of Politician tainted in criminal case was in the news. Discuss the consequence of criminalization of Politics.

:  Rashtriya Bal SwasthyaKaryakram (RBSK) is an important initiative aiming at early identification and early intervention for children from birth to 18 years to cover 4 ‘D’s viz. Defects at birth, Deficiencies, Diseases, Development delays including disability. The services aim to cover children of 0-6 years of age in rural areas and urban slums in … Read more DMPQ: . Rashtriya Bal SwasthyaKaryakram.

Internal democracy in political parties refers to the level and methods of including party members in the decision making and deliberation within the party structure. India shall move toward inter party democracy as it is on the line of values of democracy.   Arguments in favour of  inner party democracy: Hold leaders accountable Dismantling of nepotism … Read more DMPQ: What is inter party democracy? How it is advantageous?

JananiSurakshaYojana (JSY) is a safe motherhood intervention under the National Health Mission. It is being implemented with the objective of reducing maternaland neonatal mortality by promoting institutional delivery among poor pregnant women. The scheme, launched on 12 April 2005 by the Hon’ble Prime Minister, is under implementation in all states and Union Territories (UTs), with … Read more DMPQ: Jananai Suraksha Yojana.

Aadhaar is a verifiable 12-digit identification number issued by UIDAI to the resident of India for free of cost. Aadhaar ecosystem comprises of core infrastructures with the objective of providing enrolment, update & authentication services. Advantage of Aadhar: We never had a universally acceptable and portable Id. Aadhar is a free initiative and fully inclusive. … Read more DMPQ: What is Aadhar and Aadhar ecosystem? What are the advantage of Aadhar?

Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakaram (JSSK) was launched in June 2011 to eliminate out-of-pocket expenses for both pregnant women and sick infants. Essential care is provided to the mother and her neonate within 48 hours. This postnatal period is critical for identification and management of complication of post-delivery. In case of institutional delivery. accessing availing this … Read more DMPQ: Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram.

Political funding is a serious issue. According to a report of association of Democratic reforms, 2004,  The total income of national and regional parties between 2004- 20015 stands at 11,367 Crores. 69% of the income came from unknown resources.  The other issue of non accountability and transparency is that Political parties do not come under … Read more DMPQ: . What are the consequences of unregulated Political funding?

According to the Rajya Sabha report on Parliamentary disruptions, disruption have increased and has lead to the wastage of time, wastage of taxpayer money, major concern is intentional disruption. This tool is utilised by opposition to disrupt sessions and no party is immune from it.   The solution for prevention of Parliamentary disruptions can be: … Read more DMPQ: Parliamentary disruptions are on rise. Give suggestions to deal with this issue?

Article 142 provides that “the Supreme Court in the exercise of its jurisdiction may pass such decree or make such order as is necessary for doing complete justice in any cause or matter pending before it…”   In the initial years the use of article 142 was for constructing purpose like with one stroke pen … Read more DMPQ:What is article 142 of the constitution? Do you think it is foraying into forbidden territory?

Original jurisdiction means a lis or a matter where Supreme Court is the first court to be approached. Under Article 131 Supreme Court has original jurisdiction only in respect of disputes which involve Central and State Govt or two State Govt.. It can be in three forms. Union of India v. State, Union of India … Read more DMPQ:What are the types of Jurisdictions of Supreme Court?