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Procedure of Amendment of Indian Constitution

Part XX of the Constitution of India has only one article that is Article 368 that deals with the amendment of the Constitution.  As per this article, Parliament...

February 26, 2016

National Commissions for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

For effective implementation of various safeguards provided in the Constitution for the SCs & STs and various other protective legislations, the original constitution had provided for appointment of...

February 26, 2016

Tribunals in India: Constitutional Provisions

Tribunals were added in the Constitution by Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976 as Part XIV-A, which has only two articles viz. 323-A and 323-B. While article 323-A deals...

February 26, 2016

Finance Commission

Finance Commission of India is established by President of India as per Article 280 of the constitution. The first finance commission was established in 1951. The Constitutional requirement...

February 24, 2016

74th Amendment and Municipalities in India

Constitution (Seventy Forth Amendment) Act, 1992 has introduced a new Part IXA in the Constitution, which deals with Municipalities in an article 243 P to 243 ZG.  This...

February 24, 2016

Constitution 73rd Amendment and Panchayati Raj in India

The 73rd Amendment 1992 added a new Part IX to the constitution titled “The Panchayats” covering provisions from Article 243 to 243(O); and a new Eleventh Schedule covering...

February 24, 2016

Delimitation in India

Delimitation means the drawing of boundaries. The boundaries may be domestic, national and International, but the most general use of this term is in context with electoral boundaries....

February 22, 2016

Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2015

The Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2015 has come into force on January 1, 2016. The act has amended the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 based on the...

January 17, 2016

Taxation Powers of Union and States in India

Indian constitution has divided the taxing powers as well as the spending powers (and responsibilities) between the Union and the state governments. The subjects on which Union or...

November 19, 2015

Federal Structure, Diversity and Insurgency in India

Our country has been hailed as a triumph of democracy. India is known as largest functioning democracy in the world and also a beacon of democracy to the...

June 23, 2015

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