Under this heading, Government can broadly be classified under two categories— (i) Unitary Form of Government, (ii) Federal form of Government.Forms of Government Unitary form of GovernmentBest example Britain. Federal form of GovernmentBest example U.S.A. In a Unitary form of Government, a single government rules the entire country and in a Federal form of Government, there are two types of government — (i) Union or Central government, (ii) State governments.UNITARY FORM OF GOVERNMENTA Unitary form of government is suitable where the area of the country is less, the population is less, the ethnic diversity is less, geographical variation is less, the food habits…
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Division of powers means the divisions of powers between the Union and the State Governments. This is an essential feature of federalism. In a Federal Constitution as two types of governments exist – Union Government and State Governments, there should be a clear division of powers between the Union and State governments to avoid any conflict.Since India has a federal Constitution, we too have division of powers between Union Government and State Governments under (Article 246) of our Constitution placed under VII schedule.We have three lists under divisions of powers— (i) Union list having 97 subjects, (ii) State list having…
1.) Eminent Agronomist, agriculture scientist and plant geneticist M.S. Swaminathan dies at 98 yrs. He is known as global leader of green revolution and is considered as main architect of green revolution in India for his leadership and role in introducing and developing high-yielding varieties of wheat & rice.2.) Waheeda Rehman will be honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India’s highest award in the field of cinema.3.) In 2023, the raking of India passport has improved to 80th position from 87th in 2022. Now on Indian passport, one can travel to 57 countries without VISA (visa free or visa on arrival…
International Criminal Court in March 2023 declared Russian President Vladimir Putin as a war criminal and later on issued a warrant for his arrest accusing him of war crimes in Ukraine. This means he risks arrest when travelling abroad. He was charged that during Russia – Ukraine war, hundreds of children residing in orphanages in Ukraine were taken to Russia to give them to Russian families by adoption.Putin didn’t attend the 15th BRICS Summit held on 22-24th Aug, 2023 hosted by South Africa at Johannesburg. South Africa is also the member of ICC and is bound by its rules and…
Chief Minister of a state is a Constitutional post under Article 164 of our constitution. Article 164 states – Every state shall have a Chief Minister. Chief Minister is the real head of the state Government, whereas Governor is nominal/symbolic head. Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani was first woman Chief Minister (of U.P from 1963-1967).Chief Minister is appointed by the Governor of the state. He is affirmed oath of office by Governor. If Chief Minister want to resign, he submits his resignation to the Governor.TenureTenure of Chief Minister is 5 years but not fixed. He holds office till he has the majority…
The Delhi Government, in response to the worsening air quality, has been planning to create artificial rain over Delhi on 20th and 21st November 2023 with the technical help of IIT Kanpur.Cloud Seeding is a weather modification technique in which silver iodide is released into the atmosphere to aid the formation of ice crystals and improve the ability of clouds to create rain.
Recently Rajendra Menon has been appointed Chairman of the Armed Forces Tribunal.Rajendra Menon has been re-appointed to this post.Rajendra Menon has been the former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court.He has been appointed to the post of Armed Forces Tribunal for 4 years.His tenure will last till June 2027.Rajendra Menon was appointed to this post for the first time in the year 2019.The Armed Forces Tribunal Act 2007 was passed by the Parliament.The Armed Forces Tribunal was inaugurated by the President of India on 8 August 2009.Apart from the principal bench in New Delhi, AFT has regional benches in Chandigarh,…
In New Delhi, Justices Augustine George Masih, Sandeep Mehta and Satish Chandra Sharma took the oath as Supreme Court judges on 9th November 2023. The apex court has reached its full strength of 34 judges after the elevation of the three high court chief justices.
Haryana Government has launched ‘Hot Balloon Project’ in November, 2023.The objective of this project is to promote tourism.It was started from Pinjore in the northern part of the state.It was started by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.Pinjore, earlier known as Panchpura, was the place where the Pandavas stayed during their exile before the Mahabharata.
The families of eight former Indian Navy personnel, sentenced to death by a Qatari court, have filed an appeal. The Indian government is actively engaged with authorities in Qatar to find a resolution to the issue that has cast a shadow on bilateral ties.The eight men, who have commanded frontline warships in the Indian Navy, were sentenced to death by Qatar’s Court of First Instance on October 26 after being detained for more than a year on undeclared charges. The reports have suggested the men were accused of espionage.The judgment is confidential and has only been shared with the legal…