Paper | Topics | Subject |
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GS-II | Share of the State | |
Shifting strategic concerns | ||
Compulsory voting and associated issuses | ||
The Companies ( Amendment) Bill,2019 | ||
In hate crime fight ,a voice still feeble |
GS-II Paper: Share of the State
Context
Last week, the Union cabinet passed an amendment to widen the terms of reference of the 15th Finance Commission.
Background
Constitutional Provision
Reduce fiscal space for states
Conclusion
While the compulsions of the political economy have ensured greater central government spending on items in the state and concurrent lists, the current juncture may well be an opportune moment to rethink the spending priorities of different levels of the government. There is a need, particularly, to address legitimate concerns of states about increasing encroachment by the Centre.
Source: Indian Express
GS-II Paper: Shifting strategic concerns
Context
The U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest gaffe has introduced another thorn in what is now clearly an unsettled India-U.S. relationship. While India’s hand is not as strong as we sometimes believe it to be, there might be opportunities to leverage the international situation further down the road.
Pakistan’s leverage
Need for secure and stable Pakistan
India’s Stand
Maintaining that India has the right and the capacity to adopt an active defence posture that is, blocking the flow of cross-border terror by proactive operations on the Line of Control (LoC) along with reserving the option for more ambitious punitive strikes in response to major terrorist attacks on Indian military targets would play an important part in shaping how third parties view Indian interests and thereby assume constructive roles in managing Pakistani behaviour.
Conclusion
If India ever asks third parties to assist in the region, it should be for a cessation of Pakistan’s proxy war in Kashmir and once an atmosphere of peace has been established, to persuade Pakistan to accept the LoC as part of a final territorial settlement similar to the offer by Indira Gandhi in the 1972 Shimla negotiations.
Source: The Hindu
GS-II:Compulsory voting and associated issues
News
The Compulsory Voting Bill, 2019, was introduced by a ruling party MP in Lok Sabha. The Law Commission, in its March 2015 report on electoral reforms, had opposed the idea of compulsory voting.
Compulsory Voting
Why need it?
Is India is not ready for 100% voting?
Conclusion
It is evident that increased participation does not necessarily guarantee quality participation or does not make a democracy with compulsory voting more vibrant.There is also a real fear that compulsory voting may lead to more vote buying by candidates especially in a country like India, where we have seen instances of cash-for-vote scams.Making voting compulsory also kills the option of not voting as a protest.
Source: The Hindu
GS-II: The Companies ( Amendment) Bill,2019
News
Lok Sabha has passed The Companies (Amendment) Bill,2019.
Highlights of the Amendment Bill
Re-categorization of Offences
Corporate Social Responsibility
Debarring auditors
Change in approving authority
Bar on holding office
Source: Indian Express
GS-II : In hate crime fight ,a voice still feeble
Context
At a time when India is reeling under hate lynching, it is sobering to remember that it took the United States Senate 100 years to approve a bill to make lynching a federal crime. Over 200 anti-lynching bills were introduced in the U.S. Congress since 1918, but all were voted down until the Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2018 was approved unanimously in 2018.
Problem with Lynching
Significant statutes
Challenges with legislation:
Source: The Hindu
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