Section 66 of the IT Act

Following up to the UN resolution on Electronic Commerce, India had passed the IT Act, 2000 in May 2000. This act was substantially amended through the Information Technology (Amendment) Act 2008. The Section 66A of the IT Act penalized ‘sending ..

E-Kranti: National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) 2.0

The National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) was formulated by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) and Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances (DAR&PG) to reduce government costs and allow citizen access to government services through Common Service Centres (CSC). It ..

E-governance- applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential

The objective of E-Governance is to bring about ‘Simple, Moral, Accountable, Responsive and Transparent’ (SMART) governance. The rationale of E-governance is in its need in reducing red tape; promotion of knowledge sharing to facilitate improvements in quality of governance; fulfilling ..

Whistleblower Protection (Amendment Bill), 2015

The Whistleblower Protection Act 2011 act protects the whistleblowers who make public interest disclosure of corruption by public servants. The act also makes provisions for false complaints. The act came into force in May 9, 2014. Salient Features This act ..

Role of RTI in Transparency and Accountability

RTI, 2005 has brought a paradigm shift in the transparency and accountability in India. This is evident from two clear indicators as follows: Every year, an estimated 5-8 million RTI queries are filed Around 45 RTI activists have been killed ..

Corporate Governance: Clause 49 and Companies Act 2013 Provisions

Corporate Governance deals with how a corporate is governed. It is all about promoting corporate fairness, transparency and accountability. Some of the objectives of Corporate Governance are – attaining disclosure and transparency in the way corporate is governed; fixing accountability ..

Good Governance, RTI and Participatory Development

Good Governance is one of the normative concepts of Governance which describes how the public institutions ought to conduct public policy and manage the public resources. The key components of Good Governance are legitimacy, accountability, competence, respect for law, protection ..

Governance: Meaning and Different Aspects

Governance refers to all processes of governing via various laws, norms, power or language. Definitions UNDP defines governance as “the exercise of economic, political and administrative authority to manage a country’s affairs at all levels. It comprises the mechanisms, processes ..

Devotional Music of India

In the Vedic period (3000-1500 BC), music was solely ritualistic. Some of the major earlier forms of Indian Classical music like Prabandh Sangeet and Dhruvapada were all devotional in character. Gradually other forms of devotional music like bhajans, kirtans, shahbads ..

GK & Current Affairs for Banking/ SSC Examinations – September 28, 2016

1. Where are the headquarters of Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D)? [A]Hyderabad [B]New Delhi [C]Chennai [D]Bengaluru Answer: New DelhiNotes: The headquarters of Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) is located in New Delhi. It is in news ..