India and China have led the developing countries in investments made in renewable energy in 2015. It was revealed by the ‘Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment’ Report...
In February 2016, Lok Sabha has passed the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2016 as a follow up to the 100th amendment act of the constitution. The historic land...
The notable electoral reforms made in India so far include the following: Election staff is deemed to be on deputation to Election Commission The election staff is now...
India’s electoral system was largely free from any major flaw till the fourth general elections (1967). The distortions in its working appeared, for the first time, in the...
In recent times, many of India’s biggest industrial houses have taken advantage of a new law to set up electoral trusts, hoping to make wavelets of their own...
Without money, multi-party democracy cannot function. But there are certain risks of money power such as: Money creates uneven playing field and lack of fair competition Certain sections...
While deciding on a demand for providing negative voting, the Supreme Court, on September 27, 2013 had made a judgement thereby directing the Election Commission to provide the...
Indelible ink which is applied to fingers of voters during elections to prevent double voting contains Silver nitrate, which make it stain the skin, very difficult to wash...
Parliament of India had enacted two acts viz. Representations of Peoples Acts (RoPA), 1950 and RoPA, 1951 to provide a detailed framework around free and fair elections in the...
Qualitatively and quantitatively, the voter’s participation is bedrock for a participative democracy. Similarly, the voter registration and electorate education are central to the election management process. India faces...
