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23 Nov, 2019
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Syllabus subtopic: Indian Constitution- historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure.
News: The NDA govt. is dusting off an Emergency-era provision introduced in the Constitution by Indira Gandhi via her controversial 42nd Amendment- its’s invoking “Fundamental Duties” asking Ministries to spread awareness about them.
Prelims and Mains Focus: about Fundamental Duties and the implications of the govt.’s move
Context:
About Fundamental Duties
The Fundamental Duties, inducted as Article 51A under Part-IV A of the Constitution, is inspired from the Constitution of Russia.
Note: Only one of the 11 fundamental duties mentioned under Article 51A was inducted during the Vajpayee govt. as the 86th Constitution Amendment in 2002 about educational opportunities for children.
Source: Indian Express
Syllabus subtopic: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.
News: A BJP MP on Friday introduced a private member’s Bill in Lok Sabha, seeking to limit the number of children per married couple to two.
Prelims and Mains focus: Key features of the Bill and its implications, about UCC
Background
Making a pitch for population control, PM Modi had praised those with small families, in his Independence Day speech
Key highlights of the bill
India’s Population explosion
About Private member bill
About Uniform Civil Code
Source: Indian Express
News: The road to a $5 trillion economy by 2025 is beset with many speedbreakers, the NITI Aayog has warned the government.
Prelims and Mains focus: about the recent economic slowdown and its implications on India’s roadmap for $5 trillion economy by 2025
Background:
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her July 5 Budget presentation, had said the government would work to make India a $5 trillion economy by 2025.
Reasons given by NITI Aayog
The government is expected to release data for the second quarter ( July to September) later this month. Experts estimate that growth will dip in Q2 compared to Q1.
Source: The Hindu
News: Fifteenth Finance Commission (FFC) chairman N.K. Singh on Friday sought a leverage with the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, arguing that tax rate cuts and grant of exemptions decided solely by the council affect the FFC’s goal of optimizing revenue targets of the Centre and states.
Prelims and Mains focus: on the Centre-states tussle related to GST and the role of the Finance Commission
Context: The Centre and state governments seem to be on a collision course amid a sharp economic downturn that has eroded their financial positions.
Background:
Concerns raised by 15th FC:
Significance of FC comments
Singh argued that the nature of governance has changed fundamentally, with the Central government taking the lead in several national priority areas such as drinking water and power supply. He also said an expert group should look into rationalization of centrally-sponsored schemes.
Source: Livemint
Intensified Mission Indradhanush Syllabus subtopic: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, and Human Resources. News: Health Minister reviews state preparedness for IMI 2.0 Prelims and mains focus Key
Syllabus subtopic: Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections News: The Assam government has ann
Syllabus subtopic: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources. News: Microsoft rolls out its K12 Education Transformation Framework more widely in India. Prelims and Mains focus: Key features and signifi
Syllabus subtopic: Salient features of the Representation of People’s Act. News: Ministry of Home Affairs has revoked the citizenship of Telangana MLA Ramesh Chennamaneni on the ground of misrepresentation of facts at the time of applying for citizenship in 2008
Syllabus subtopic: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources. News: The central government is planning to expand the reach of the Smart Safety Surveillance, or 3S, programme. This is being done
Syllabus subtopic: Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes; mechanisms, laws, institutions and bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections News: The Centre will soon not
Syllabus subtopic: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life Achievements of Indians in science & technology; indigenization of technology and developing new technology. News: The American Space Research Organization (NASA) has completed the firs
India climbs the EM League tables Syllabus subtopic: Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization of resources, growth, development and employment. News: Buoyed by an improvement in financial sector indicators, India rose several notches to the second position among large emerg
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