Sarkaria Commission Current Affairs, GK & News

Reviewing the Process of Appointment of Governors

In a recent appointment of governors for five states, the central government has appointed persons who are deeply embedded within the ruling party ecosystem. The governor of Telangana was the Tamil Nadu state head of the ruling party. All these appointees have recent, strong and uncompromising links with the ruling regime. These appointments put the ..

Topics: Federalism in India • Government • Governor • Heads of state • Hukam Singh • Members of the Lok Sabha • President • Sarkaria Commission • State governments of India • Supreme Court of India

12th meeting of Standing Committee of Inter-State Council held

The 12th meeting of Standing Committee of Inter-State Council was held in New Delhi. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the recommendations of the Punchhi Commission on Centre-state relations. The meeting was chaired by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. The members of the 12th standing committee include Sushma Swaraj (Minister of External Affairs), Arun ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2017

Topics: Chhattisgarh • Constitution of India • Inter-State Council • Odisha • Punchhi Commission • Sarkaria Commission

General Compendium-1

What is a “Casting Vote in India Politics?Speaker’s Vote in Loksabha is known as Casting Vote. What is “Cultural Revolution of China“?Cultural Revolution in the People’s Republic of China was a period of widespread social and political upheaval; the nation-wide chaos and economic disarray engulfed much of Chinese society between 1966 and 1976. It was ..

Topics: Bihar • Bihar Movement • India • Jayaprakash Narayan • Monetary Policy • Nagabhairava Jaya Prakash Narayana • Narasimham • Open market operation • Per capita Income • Ranjit Singh Sarkaria • Sarkaria Commission • The Emergency