Note4Students Enemy property amendment bill caused large uproar in the parliament. Opposition called it as a anti minority bill. It also budded as undermining fundamental right guaranteed under article 14. So it is important to understand the details of enemy property act. Introduction Parliament passed The Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2016, incorporating comprehensive… Continue reading Enemy protection ordinance: issues and analysis

Note4Students: The idea of holding simultaneous elections for both Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha has been recommended by many experts. This topic is important for mains as it is in news from quite some time. Introduction Some time back, honourable PM had recommended holding of simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections all over the country… Continue reading Should there be simultaneous elections for Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha

Context It has been debated from long that the no-detention policy should be scrapped as it has negatively impacted quality of basic education in the country. Recently, Union Cabinet has approved the scrapping of the no-detention policy in schools till Class VIII. Various states, including Delhi, have raised serious objections against the no-detention policy, citing… Continue reading Should no detention policy be Scrapped

Note4Students: India is facing a lot of inter-state water disputes. Most of the tribunals that have been set up have failed to arrive at a solution. Will this new mechanism solve the problem? This is important from context of GS-2. Context In view of the ongoing water disputes in the country, Union Cabinet has proposed… Continue reading Setting up of common water disputes settlement tribunal

Note4Students: It was debated from long time to give voting rights to NRIs in some form. The govt has proposed for giving proxy voting rights. Lets see what the debate is all about? Context The Union Cabinet has cleared a proposal to extend proxy voting to overseas Indians by amending electoral laws. What is proxy voting… Continue reading Proxy voting for NRIs

Note4Students The proposal for establishment of NCA has been discussed over quite period of time. You need to study what are all aspects of the issue. Context The Centre and the Supreme Court have been deliberating on establishment of Courts of Appeal from quite some time. What is a National Court of Appeal? The National… Continue reading Proposal for National court of appeal

Note4Students Liquor banning brings the larger debate effectiveness of single dimensioned approach to achieve a desired target. As states are losing huge amount of revenue , effectiveness of this verdict should be discussed. Introduction The Supreme Court has called for a complete ban on sale of liquor along national and state highways. Supreme Court Judgement… Continue reading Should Liquor be banned on highways

Note4Students: The NDA government has announced a radical overhaul of the oil and gas exploration policy. It has launched Hydrocarbon exploration and licensing policy to replace the existing NELP which was introduced in 1999. Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy (HELP) is a policy adopted by Government of India on 10.03.2016 indicating the new contractual and… Continue reading Hydrocarbon exploration and licensing policy

Note4Students Supreme Court of India in subramnanian swamy case upheld the validity of the criminal defamation law. The court pronounced its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code providing for criminal defamation.This issue has been lingering about from last 2-3 years.A number of… Continue reading Should Criminal defamation law be amended

Note4Students: There lies a very thin line between the judicial overreach and judicial activism. Considering the recent pronouncements of SC, this topic has become important for mains. Context Some time back, it was commented that  judiciary must draw its own ‘Lakshman rekha (inviolable boundary)’ and not take decisions that fall in the domain of executive,… Continue reading Judicial activism and Judicial overreach

Note4Students Article 35A triggers the discussion of special privileges of Kashmir. Kashmir had been stirred with terrorism and other unrest.  Another political controversy will drag the region into unrest again. It is important to find a solution. This article looks into various aspects of article 35A. In last, few years UPSC has asked a number… Continue reading Article 35A debate

Dear students, One of the great advantages of having a tech platform which connects daily news and op-eds dynamically to its relevant newstrail is that over the time it helps us understand how a topic has evolved both qualitatively (facets of issues, complexity) and qualitatively (# of newscards, op-eds written and connected). With that objectivity in hand and… Continue reading 100 Most Probable Topics + Q&A for IAS Mains 2017