Syllabus subtopic: Salient features of the Representation of People’s Act.
Prelims and Mains focus: about the SC remarks on the criminalization of politics; various judgements of SC; about RPA, 1951
News: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a proposition made by the Election Commission (EC) to ask political parties to not give ticket to those with criminal antecedents.
About the SC judgements on this issue
RPA, 1951
What does the Law Commission say in its report?
Proposed measures to curb criminalization of politics:
Conclusion
Source: The Hindu
Syllabus subtopic: Indian Constitution—Historical Underpinnings, Evolution, Features, Amendments, Significant Provisions and Basic Structure.
Prelims and Mains focus: about the National security act and why it needs to be amended
News: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to pass a “blanket order” against Lieutenant Governor’s decision to place Delhi under the National Security Act (NSA), a law which allows the police to place anyone considered a threat to national security, law and order under preventive detention.
Background
What was the petition about?
Reasons cited by the court
About the National Security Act, 1980
Preventive detention in India
Concerns
Arguements against the Act
Conclusion
In spreading democracy often acts such as this hampers the progress. Already, the act is 40 years old and reconsidering it is the need of the hour. Or else, the scary scenario of arbitrary detention for personal goals becomes the norm which does not augur well for the country.
Source: The Hindu
Syllabus subtopic: Government Policies and Interventions for Development in various sectors and Issues arising out of their Design and Implementation.
Prelims and Mains focus: about the move and reasons for it; about the ICDS scheme and its objectives
News: Urban areas are likely to receive a renewed focus under the government’s ICDS programme, which provides for anganwadis or daycare centres across the country for delivery of nutrition and preschool education.
About the move
What are the challenges in the urban areas?
Why a new model for urban areas?
Way ahead
About the ICDS scheme
Objectives of the Scheme are:
Services under ICDS
The ICDS Scheme offers a package of six services, viz.
Source: The Hindu
Syllabus subtopic: Government Policies and Interventions for Development in various sectors and Issues arising out of their Design and Implementation.
Prelims and Mains focus: about the new rules and their implications; the debate between security and right to privacy
Context: Later this month, the government will submit to the Supreme Court, The Information Technology Intermediaries Guidelines (Amendment) Rules, 2018, the new set of rules on regulation of social media.
Background
About the new rules
What could be the implications?
Conclusion
The need to conduct surveillance for reasons of security versus the right to privacy of citizens and users has been a heated debate, and remains unresolved — the government appears to be pushing for more and intermediaries are insisting on greater transparency in the rules-framing process.
Note: To read about the ‘encryption debate in India’ in detail, click on the click given below.
https://carnegieendowment.org/2019/05/30/encryption-debate-in-india-pub-79213
Source: The Hindu
Syllabus subtopic: Important International Institutions, agencies and fora - their Structure, Mandate.
Prelims and Mains focus: about the index and its findings; India performance in the index
News: Global Talent Competitive Index (GTCI) 2020 was released at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on January 22, 2020.
What is this index?
Global Findings
GTCI 2020: Top 10 Countries |
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Rank |
Country |
Score |
1 |
Switzerland |
81.26 |
2 |
USA |
79.09 |
3 |
Singapore |
78.48 |
4 |
Sweden |
75.82 |
5 |
Denmark |
75.18 |
6 |
Netherlands |
74.99 |
7 |
Finland |
74.47 |
8 |
Luxemburg |
73.94 |
9 |
Norway |
72.91 |
10 |
Australia |
72.53 |
India Specific Findings
Source: Indian Express
Syllabus subtopic: Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment.
Prelims and Mains focus: about the impact of Australian bushfires on global temperature
Context: Australia’s bushfires are contributing to one of the biggest annual increases in the concentration of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere since record-keeping began more than 60 years ago, according to a forecast published by Britain’s Met Office on Friday.
Observations made by the Britain’s Met Office
Alarming levels of CO2 concentration
Conclusion
Source: Indian Express
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