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Madhya Pradesh to introduce reservation of state Government jobs for local people
In a historic decision, the Madhya Pradesh government announced its intention to reserve the seat of all state government jobs for the people of the state. If this happens, Madhya Pradesh will become the first state of India to reserve seats for all state government jobs for the domicile population. Will it violate the Constitutional ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Category: States Current Affairs
Topics: Constitutional law • Indian Constitution • Job • Madhya Pradesh • Reservation in India
Ambedkar Jayanti celebrated throughout the country
On April 14, 2020, India celebrated the 129th birth anniversary of Bhimarao Ramji Ambedkar. Amidst the lock down, his birth anniversary is being celebrated digitally by the whole of India. The Indian Constitution was prepared under the leadership of Ambedkar. About Ambedkar Ambedkar was born in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh. It was a small cantonment in ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: Ambedkar • Ambedkar Jayanti • Ashok Chakra • Bharat Ratna • Buddhism • Constituent assembly • Indian Constitution
Sahitya Akademi Award 2019
The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour, which is conferred by India’s National Academy of Letters, Sahitya Akademi annually to writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 24 listed languages(22 languages as listed under the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution and 2 other languages recognized by ..
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Eighth Schedule • Indian Constitution • Sahitya Akademi • Sahitya Akademi Award • Satyajit Ray • Shashi Tharoor
Article 367(4) and Jammu & Kashmir
While most discussions regarding the erstwhile state of Jammu & Kashmir are centered on Article 35(A) and Article 370, the government’s moves have a greater political connotation than these two articles. What has happened? The Union Government has approved a new Presidential Order under Article 370(1) of the Indian Constitution. This presidential order will supersede ..
Topics: Governor • Indian Constitution • Jammu and Kashmir
Joint Committee on Office of Profit
On 23rd July 2019, Lok Sabha has passed a resolution for setting up a joint committee to examine the issues related to offices of profit. About the Committee The persons holding the office of profit are bound to be disqualified as members of parliament. The committee is vested with the mandate to recommend what constitutes ..
Topics: Indian Constitution • Lok Sabha • Office of Profit • Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act 1959 • Rajya Sabha • Separation of powers • Supreme court