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Why did Haryana Government amend the Rules for conduct of business in Assembly?
The Haryana State Government recently added several new provisions to maintain the decorum of the State Assembly. The provisions have been included based on the recommendations made by the committee constituted by the Speaker of the Haryana State Legislative Assembly. New Rules The following are the new rules added to the Rules of Procedure and ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: Haryana • Haryana Legislative Assembly • Leader of Opposition • Speaker • Vidhan Sabha
First Time: Supreme Court removed a state minister over Disqualification petition
On March 18, 2020, for the first time in its history, the Supreme Court removed the Manipur Minister Thounaojam Shyamkumar Singh from the state cabinet. The apex court has also been restrained him from entering the Legislative assembly. What is the issue? Mr Shyamkumar won the 2017 assembly elections on Congress Ticket and switched over ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: Anti-Defection Law • Article 142 • Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) • CLAT • Congress • Disqualification of MLA • Manipur • Speaker • Supreme court
Suspension of MPs in Lok Sabha
The Speaker of the Lok Sabha recently suspended 7 members of the Parliament for the remainder of the Budget Session. Suspension of an MP in Lok Sabha The power to suspend an MP is vested with the Speaker of the Lok Sabha. This is a part of the Speaker’s role in maintaining the order of ..
Topics: Chairman • Lok Sabha • Members of Parliament • Rajya Sabha • Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business • Speaker
Assam’s sitting MLA Pranab Kumar Gogoi passes away
The MLA of Sivasagar constituency in the state of Assam, Pranab Kumar Gogoi recently passed away. He had also served as the Speaker of the Assam state assembly. The noted legislator was born in 1936 and was an advocate by profession. He was a veteran member of the Congress Party and was first elected to ..
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha: Criterion
The Leader of Opposition is the leader of the single largest opposition party in the Lok Sabha. The modalities to formally recognise the leader of the opposition is outlined under Mavalankar’s rule. Mavalankar’s Rule G V Mavalankar was the first Speaker of Lok Sabha. The rules formulated by him to recognize the leader of opposition in ..
Topics: Leader of Opposition • Lok Sabha • Mavalankar’s rule • Rajya Sabha • Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act • Speaker • Supreme court
Preliminary Report of Standing Committee on Finance
The Preliminary Report of the Standing Committee on Finance was tabled in the Parliament. The report titled Status of Unaccounted Income/Wealth Both Inside and Outside the Country A Critical Analysis makes the following observations: The committee s report was based on the findings of the three studies conducted by National Institute of Public Finance and ..
Topics: CBDT • Central Board of Direct Taxes • Chairman • Direct Taxes code • GDP • Lok Sabha • National Council of Applied Economic Research • National Institute of Financial Management • National Institute of Public Finance and Policy • NCAER • NIFM • NIPFP • Parliament • Rajya Sabha • Speaker • Standing Committee on Finance • unaccounted income