2017-02-13T23:08:17+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Polity|
Challenge for the modern world is to accept diversity as an existential reality and to configure attitudes and methodologies for dealing with it:- Background :- Vice President’s address at Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco . The Vice president delves deeper in to what constitutes Islam , then he asks [...]
2017-02-13T23:06:13+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Polity|
The right to intervene:- Sitting in his presidential palace in 1991, Iraq’s President Saddam Hussein and his Culture Minister Hamad Hammadi drafted a letter to Mikhail Gorbachev, President of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.). Hussein and Hammadi hoped that the U.S.S.R. would help save Iraq from the West’s [...]
2017-02-13T23:02:36+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Polity|
A blow against free speech At the dawn of the 17th century, Englishmen were in the habit of challenging each other to violent duels in order to avenge personal insults. Public disorder was frequent and the authorities decided to step in. To obviate the need for duels, they began to [...]
2017-02-13T23:00:30+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Polity|
Imposing an inequality:- In an extraordinary order that reverses the fundamental constitutional guarantee of equal access to justice, the Supreme Court, late last month, directed parties to an ongoing civil litigation to each pay a fixed sum of money to enable them to have their cases heard, and potentially disposed [...]
2017-02-13T22:14:48+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Polity|
Should voting be made compulsory ? The best answer is written by Vivek in the comment section of the debate.We have taken his text/analysis and added our view in this regard. Compulsory voting means voter are obliged to cast their votes. If eligible voter do not exercise his/her franchise then [...]
2017-02-13T22:10:48+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Polity|
Is it right to do away with caste -based reservation in India ? Is it the right time to do so? This has been the most raging yet profoundly unanswered debate .There has not been a single comprehensive study in this regard and many shy away from this debate.In this [...]
2017-02-13T21:06:05+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Polity|
Electoral Reforms Important Recommendations by Election Commission:- Independent Secretariat for the Commission Budget of the Commission to be ‘charged’ as in the case of the Budget of Comptroller and Auditor General of India and the Union Public Service Commission Amendment of law to restore cycle of biennial retirement in Rajya [...]
2017-02-13T20:49:25+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Essays, Polity|
e-KRANTI Background:- Government of India accords highest priority to the Digital India programme that is an umbrella programme for transforming India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. The pillars of Digital India programme, namely ‘e-Governance: Reforming Government through Technology’ and ‘e-Kranti – Electronic Delivery of Services’ respectively are [...]
2017-02-13T20:28:44+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Essays, Polity, Society|
Background:- Surrogacy has been a major debate across India , since the beginning of 21st century. Almost a decade has passed since the curious case of Baby Manji (explained below), we are yet to have a robust framework of regulation. The reason are quite simple though. The whole concept [...]
2017-02-13T20:05:56+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, Essays, Polity|
Background :- There has been a considerable amount of debate on the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) as long as we can remember.It has been extensively covered by both news media and print media.Views from various corners and writings by many learned man conclude that it should be repealed [...]
