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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...

September 29, 2016

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...

September 29, 2016

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;...

September 29, 2016

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...

September 29, 2016

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...

September 29, 2016

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 –...

September 29, 2016

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...

September 29, 2016

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...

September 29, 2016

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...

September 29, 2016

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...

September 29, 2016

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