2026-03-08T17:51:29+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Polity|
Lokpal & Lokayukta — All that you need to know Lokpal is a statutory body (NOT constitutional). It is India's national anti-corruption ombudsman, established under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013. 1. Origin and Background Concept borrowed from Sweden's Ombudsman institution (Scandinavian origin). The term "Lokpal" was coined by Dr. [...]
2026-03-08T12:04:31+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Polity|
Background: Why Was This Law Needed? India’s Election Commission is the constitutional body responsible for overseeing free and fair elections across the country. Until now, the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners (ECs) was governed by the older Election Commission (Conditions of Service of Election Commissioners [...]
2026-03-07T20:21:20+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Polity|
1. Rising Tensions in the States Across several Indian states, tensions emerged between elected state governments and their respective Governors. State governments alleged that Governors were delaying assent to key legislative bills passed by the state legislatures. In many instances, bills remained pending for extended periods without clear explanations. Such [...]
2025-06-13T14:04:17+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Polity|
🧾 Context Case: H. Vinoth sought a ‘No Caste, No Community’ certificate from the Tirupattur Tahsildar, which was denied citing lack of official empowerment. A single judge had upheld the denial in February 2024, despite appreciating the applicant’s intent. […]
2023-09-23T19:57:38+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Analysis, Mains Question Paper, Policy, Polity|
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2024-02-20T14:39:33+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Polity|Tags: The Hindu|
Background A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, in a 3:2 majority decision, upheld the validity of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment, which provides 10% reservation in government jobs and educational institutions to the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) of society but excludes the “poorest of poor” among Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled [...]
2022-11-08T15:23:25+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Polity|Tags: The Indian Express|
Background Ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections, Gujarat on October 29 joined the list of BJP-ruled States that have called for implementing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). […]
2022-10-13T15:44:55+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Polity|
Background The Supreme Court of India has sought the most recent position of the Union government on a batch of petitions challenging the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order of 1950, which allows only members of Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist religions to be recognised as SCs. […]
2022-10-01T18:13:24+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Polity|
The draft Telecommunication Bill, 2022 Background The Ministry of Communications released a draft of the Indian Telecommunication Bill, 2022 last week for public comments. Since then, the draft has generated a significant amount of discussion on various changes that it proposes to make to the current telecom regulatory framework. [...]
2022-08-22T21:12:32+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Polity|
In her first Independence Day address to the nation as President, Droupadi Murmu, the 15th President of India, said that the next milestone for the country would be to complete 100 years of Independence and that by the year 2047, India would give shape to the vision of our Constitution makers, including [...]
