POLITY AND GOVERNANCE PT 365 ENGLISH

POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
Table of Contents
1. ISSUES RELATED TO CONSTITUTION____ 4
1.1. Economically Weaker Sections (EWS)
Quota ________________________________ 4
1.2. Sub-categorisation of Other Backward
Classes (OBC) __________________________ 5
1.3. Uniform Civil Code (UCC) _____________ 6
1.4. Hate Speech _______________________ 6
1.5. Sedition ___________________________ 7
1.6. Preventive Detention ________________ 8
1.6.1. Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act _____8
1.7. Phone Tapping _____________________ 9
1.8. Right to be Forgotten _______________10
1.9. Other Important News ______________11
2. FUNCTIONING OF PARLIAMENT, STATE
LEGISLATURE/LOCAL GOVERNMENT ____ 12
2.1. Election of President _______________12
2.2. Pardoning Power of President and
Governor ____________________________13
2.3. Lokpal and Lokayukta_______________13
2.4. Parliamentary Committees __________14
2.5. National Register of Citizens (NRC) ____15
2.6. Delegated Legislation_______________16
2.7. Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled
Areas) Act, 1996_______________________16
2.8. Other Important News ______________17
3. CENTRE- STATE RELATIONS __________ 20
3.1. Reform in Seventh Schedule _________20
3.2. Sutlej Yamuna Link Canal____________21
3.3. Other Important News ______________21
4. JUDICIARY _______________________ 23
4.1. Public Interest Litigation ____________23
4.2. Tribunals _________________________23
4.3. Appointment of Judges _____________25
4.4. Prison Reforms ____________________25
4.5. Death Penalty (Capital Punishment) ___26
4.6. Legal Services Authorities ___________27
4.7. Live Streaming of Constitution Bench
Hearings _____________________________28
4.8. Other Important News ______________29
5. ELECTIONS _______________________ 32
5.1. Anti-Defection Law ________________ 32
5.2. Simultaneous Elections _____________ 32
5.3. Delimitation Commission ___________ 33
5.4. Electoral Bonds ___________________ 34
5.5. Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021_ 34
5.6. Appointments of Election Commissioners
____________________________________ 35
5.7. Social Democracy__________________ 36
5.8. Other Important News _____________ 37
6. IMPORTANT LEGISLATURE/BILLS _____ 39
6.1. Multi-State Co-operative Societies
(Amendment) Bill, 2022 ________________ 39
6.2. Foreign Contribution Regulation Act
(FCRA) ______________________________ 40
6.3. Model Tenancy Act, 2021 ___________ 42
6.4. Criminal Procedure (Identification) Rules,
2022 ________________________________ 43
6.5. Mediation Bill 2021 ________________ 44
6.6. Registration of Press and Periodicals Bill45
6.7. Other Important News _____________ 46
7. IMPORTANT CONSTITUTIONAL/
STATUTORY/ EXECUTIVE BODIES IN NEWS 48
7.1. Unique Identification Authority of India
(UIDAI) ______________________________ 48
7.2. Central Information Commission _____ 48
7.3. India’s Investigative Agencies ________ 49
7.4. Other Important News _____________ 50
8. IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF GOVERNANCE 51
8.1. Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)___________ 51
8.2. Audit of Local Self Government ______ 51
8.3. Digitalisation of Land Records In India _ 52
8.4. Localisation of Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) _________________________ 53
8.5. Sports Governance ________________ 54
8.6. Rules for Resignation and Reinstatement
of an Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
Officer ______________________________ 55
8.7. National Standards for Civil Service
Training Institutions (NSCSTI)____________ 55
8.8. Other Important News _____________ 56