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Revisiting the Basics

Qualifications for MPs & MLAs mentioned in RPA, 1951, Election notification and disqualification for voting

Chapter-I and Chapter-II of Part II of RPA, 1951 provides for qualifications for Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of State Legislature (MLAs), which can be discussed under following heads: Qualifications for Membership of Parliament Qualification for membership of the Council of States (section 3 of RPA, 1951) A person has to be an elector… Continue reading Qualifications for MPs & MLAs mentioned in RPA, 1951, Election notification and disqualification for voting

Statutory, Regulatory & various Quasi-judicial bodies

Statutory Bodies: Establishment, Functions, Examples Regulatory Bodies: Establishment, Functions, Examples Quasi-Judicial Bodies: Establishment, Functions Quasi-judicial Action vs. Administrative Action, Important Quasi-Judicial bodies Tribunals: Establishment, Evolution, Characteristics, Categories National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission: Establishment, Powers Lok Adalats: Origin, Evolution, Jurisdiction, Powers National Human Rights Commission of India: Establishment, Composition, Functions Central Vigilance Commission (CVC): Purpose, Functions Central… Continue reading Statutory, Regulatory & various Quasi-judicial bodies

National Commission on Farmers: Composition, Mandate

The National Commission on Farmers (NCF) has great significance since its inception. Its major aim is to benefit the farmer’s community in this country. This Commission has played several active roles to guide Indian farmers to organize them for an additional productivity and output through applying the innovating farming options. Creation of National Commission on… Continue reading National Commission on Farmers: Composition, Mandate

University Grants Commission: Establishment, responsibilities

University Grants Commission (UGC) was established to augment educational system in India and especially to boost university system in the country for overall growth of higher education. This body has suggested several improvements in the university system and works extensively to bring the institutions of higher repute into order through constant reforms and by development… Continue reading University Grants Commission: Establishment, responsibilities

National Commission for Women: Working, Composition, Functions

National Commission for Women is also one of the significant statutory bodies established by the Government of India. It was established in 1992 under the provisions of the National Commission for Women Act, 1990. The Central Government took the initiative to establish this Commission by keeping in view the provisions of India’s constitution to strengthen… Continue reading National Commission for Women: Working, Composition, Functions

Planning Commission of India: Functions, Change to NITI Aayog

Planning Commission of India is considered as an important institution in India’s governance system. It has major role in country’s economic planning for the overall growth. Central Government had formed Planning Commission in India as central body to work comprehensively with the consecutive term of five years as country’s Five-Year Plans for economic and social… Continue reading Planning Commission of India: Functions, Change to NITI Aayog

Central Vigilance Commission (CVC): Purpose, Functions

Central Vigilance Commission, abbreviated as CVC is a top government body, established in 1964 with the aim of addressing corrupt practices within the government. The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) works in coordination with the government authorities for the betterment of the system. Purpose The main purpose for which this important body had been established was… Continue reading Central Vigilance Commission (CVC): Purpose, Functions

National Human Rights Commission of India: Establishment, Composition, Functions

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is a public body constituted for benefiting the citizens of the country. It plays vital roles since its establishment on October 12, 1993. Human Rights means the rights relating to life, liberty, equality and dignity of the individual guaranteed by the constitution or embodied in the International covenants and enforceable… Continue reading National Human Rights Commission of India: Establishment, Composition, Functions

Lok Adalats: Origin, Evolution, Jurisdiction, Powers

What is Lok Adalat? The concept of Lok Adalat (People’s Court) is an innovative Indian contribution to the world jurisprudence. The introduction of Lok Adalats added a new chapter to the justice dispensation system of this country and succeeded in providing a supplementary forum to the victims for a satisfactory settlement of their disputes. This… Continue reading Lok Adalats: Origin, Evolution, Jurisdiction, Powers

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission: Establishment, Powers

National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission contributes a lot in the country’s administrative reforms. This Commission has provided numerous guidelines and advises the Government of India on regular intervals for systematizing its functionalities that has made it one of the important bodies for the better and effectual governance in self-governing system. In 1988, the Government of… Continue reading National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission: Establishment, Powers

Tribunals: Establishment, Evolution, Characteristics, Categories

There are a large number of laws, which charge the Executive with adjudicatory functions, and the authorities so charged are, in the strict scene, administrative tribunals. Administrative tribunals are agencies created by specific enactments. Administrative adjudication is a term synonymously used with administrative decision-making. The decision-making or adjudicatory function is exercised in a variety of… Continue reading Tribunals: Establishment, Evolution, Characteristics, Categories

Quasi-judicial Action vs. Administrative Action, Important Quasi Judicial bodies

Though the distinction between quasi-judicial and administrative action has become blurred, yet it does not mean that there is no distinction between the two. In A.K. Kraipak vs. The Union of India, the Court was of the view that in order to determine whether the action of the administrative authority is quasi-judicial or administrative, one… Continue reading Quasi-judicial Action vs. Administrative Action, Important Quasi Judicial bodies

Financial Inclusion in India: Need and future; PMJDY; Payment Banks and Small Banks

Financial Inclusion in India Financial Inclusion is about The broadening of financial services to those people who do not have access to financial services. The deepening of financial services for people who have minimal financial services. Greater financial literacy and consumer protection so that people can make appropriate choices. The importance of FI is both… Continue reading Financial Inclusion in India: Need and future; PMJDY; Payment Banks and Small Banks

Non-Banking Financial Companies in India

Non-Banking Financial Companies A Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) is a company registered under the Companies Act, 1956 engaged in the business of loans and advances, acquisition of shares/stocks/bonds/debentures/securities issued by Government or local authority or other marketable securities of a like nature, leasing, hire-purchase, insurance business, chit business but does not include any institution whose… Continue reading Non-Banking Financial Companies in India

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