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...
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...
A strong, vibrant local government is a means of political decentralization. There are several advantages of the Decentralization. Decision-making being closer to the people, decentralization ensures decision-makers more...
India has a single unified and integrated judicial system and Supreme Court of India is at the apex court of the Indian judicial system. Judiciary plays an important...
The early charters of the British East India Company have now lost. For the first time, the charter of 1726 empowered the government in Council and three Presidencies...
On the basis of Mountbatten Plan, the British government was anxious to transfer power. The Indian Independence Bill was introduced in British Parliament on July 4 1947. The...
