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5 phased time management for UPSC 2024 (March’23 to May’24) | LIVE Workshop + QnA session with Prabhat sir, AIR 377, IRPS | Get FREE Strategic package on registration

12th March 2023 (Sunday), 7:30 P.M | 15 Months to UPSC 2024 divided into 5 phases for a holistic UPSC preparation.

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Most of the UPSC-CSE toppers like Satyam Gandhi (AIR 10), Ria Dabi (AIR 15), Yash Jaluka (AIR 4), Mamta Yadav (AIR 5) and Shashwat Tripurari (AIR 19) cleared the exam as fresh graduates in their very first attempt. How were they able to do it?

If you watch their strategy videos, you can find a common pattern — they started 12-24 months in advance before the exam.

One of the benefits of starting your preparation early is the time you would get to revise, practice test series, make improvements, enhance the quality of your knowledge and answers, and get four steps ahead of the competition.

However, what’s the best way to prepare, if you aren’t a fan of making mistakes and figuring it out along the way? We understand how annoying it might be for you if you were to study in a certain way for months together and then realize that it doesn’t align with the UPSC-CSE way of doing things.

An ideal prep is divided into five phases and spread across 14-15 months? Prabhat sir, an IRPS officer who secured AIR 377 in UPSC 2019, is conducting a special workshop on time management & strategy for UPSC 2024.

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12th March 2023 (Sunday), 7:30 P.M

What you should expect in 1-1 LIVE with Prabhat sir?

The workshop will cover a five-phased time management strategy that will help you plan and utilize your time effectively in the next 15 months leading up to UPSC 2024. Prabhat will share his own experience of preparing for the exam while managing his job and personal life. He will also provide practical tips on how to prioritize your studies, make the most of your free time, and avoid burnout.

1. The first phase – Studying the Core Subjects. How to read every topic in the syllabus from 2-3 sources in the first reading and prepare a 1-2 page notes? And in your second reading, stick to only one source while using your notes as reference.

2. The second phase – Studying Mains Specific Subjects & Optional. How to follow the ritual of reading, writing summaries and answering topic-wise previous year questions?

3. Discussing 2-3 Revision Strategies which you can follow. Why should you not go more than 20 days without revision?

4. Live demonstration of making the perfect notes. How to not copy line-by-line of everything you read & only note down the 5 dimensions of a topic?

5. Why is the third phase of preparation the shortest of all? What should you ideally do after completing the Prelims and Mains subjects?

6. About the fourth phase. How to improve your accuracy 3 months before the Prelims exams?

5. The last phase. What must be done 3 months before the Mains exams?

6. Including statistics and relevant data. What are the subject-wise important committee reports you should read?

7. Three readings per subject. How do you study during each revision phase?

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March 12, 2023

Nikaalo Prelims Spotlight || Inflation, Banking and Monetary Policy

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This Spotlight is a part of our Mission Nikaalo Prelims-2023.

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10th Mar 2023

Inflation, Banking and Monetary Policy

Inflation

Understanding Inflation

Inflation: Inflation is when the overall general price level of goods and services in an economy is increasing. As a consequence, the purchasing power of the people are falling.

Inflation Rate: Inflation Rate is the percentage change in the price level from the previous period.

Inflation Rate= {(Price in year 2 – Price in year 1)/ Price in year 1} *100

Whole sale Price Index: WPI is used to monitor the cost of goods and services bought by producer and firms rather than final consumers. The WPI inflation captures price changes at the factory/wholesale level.

GDP Deflator: GDP Deflator is the ratio of nominal GDP to real GDP. The nominal GDP is measured at the current prices whereas the real GDP is measured at the base year prices.

The Difference

Consumer Price Index	GDP Deflator
CPI reflects the price of goods and services bought by the final consumers.	GDP deflator reflects the price of all the goods and services produced domestically.
Example: Suppose the price of a satellite to be launch by ISRO increases. Even though the satellite is part of the GDP of India, but it is not a part of normal CPI index, since we don’t consume satellite.	The price rise of the ISRO satellite will be reflected in GDP deflator.
Similarly, India produces some crude oil, but most of the oil/petroleum is imported from the West Asia, as a result, when the price of oil/petroleum product changes, it is reflected in CPI basket as petroleum products constitute a larger share in CPI.	The price change of oil products is not reflected much in the GDP deflator since we do not produce much crude oil.
The CPI compares the price of a fixed basket of goods and services to the price of the basket in the base year.	The GDP deflator compares the price of currently produced goods and services to the price of the same goods and services in the base year. Thus, the group of goods and services used to compute the GDP deflator changes automatically over time.

Producer Price Index

PPI measures the average change in the sale price of goods and services either as they leave the place of production or as they enter the place of production. Moreover, PPI includes services also.

The PPI measure the price changes from the perspective of the seller and differs from CPI which measures price changes from buyer perspective.

Causes of Inflation

Inflation is mainly caused either by demand Pull factors or Cost Push factors. Apart from demand and supply factors, Inflation sometimes is also caused by structural bottlenecks and policies of the government and the central banks. Therefore, the major causes of Inflation are:

Demand Pull Factors (when Aggregate Demand exceeds Aggregate Supply at Full employment level).
Cost Push Factors (when Aggregate supply increases due to increase in the cost of production while Aggregate demand remains the same).
Structural Bottlenecks (Agriculture Prices fluctuations, Weak Infrastructure etc.)
Monetary Policy Intervention by the Central Banks.
Expansionary Fiscal Policy by the Government.

Demand and Supply factors can be further sub divided into the following:

Inflationary Gap: the Inflationary gap is a situation which arises when Aggregate demand in an economy exceeds the Aggregate supply at the full employment level.

Deflationary Gap: Deflationary Gap is a situation which arises when Aggregate demand in the economy falls short of Aggregate Supply at the full employment level.

Stagflation: The falling growth along with rising prices makes cost push inflation more dangerous than the demand-pull inflation. The situation of rising prices along with falling growth and employment is called as stagflation.

Hyperinflation: Hyperinflation is a situation when inflation rises at an extremely faster rate. The rate of inflation can increase from 50 times to 300 times. The major causes of the hyperinflation are; government issuing too much currency to finance its deficits; wars and political instabilities and unexpected increase in people’s anticipation of future inflation.

Structural Inflation

Structuralist Inflation is another form of Inflation mostly prevalent in the Developing and Low-Income Countries.
The Structural school argues that inflation in the developing countries are mainly due to the weak structure of their economies.

Deflation: Deflation is when the overall price level in the economy falls for a period of time.Deflation is when, for instance, the price of a basket of goods has fallen from Rs 100 to Rs 80. It’s the reduction in overall prices of goods.

Disinflation: Disinflation is a situation in which the rate of inflation falls over a period of time. Remember the difference; disinflation is when the inflation rate is falling from say 5% to 3%.

Headline versus Core Inflation

The headline inflation measure demonstrates overall inflation in the economy. Conversely, the core inflation measures exclude the prices of highly volatile food and fuel components from the inflation index.

Core inflation excludes the highly volatile food and fuel components and therefore represents the underlying trend inflation.

Banking and Monetary Policy

What is monetary policy?

As the name suggests it is policy formulated by monetary authority i.e. central bank which happens to be RBI in case of India.

It deals with monetary i.e money matters i.e. affects money supply in the economy.

Eg. CRR,SLR,OMO,REPO etc

What is fiscal policy then?

It is formulated by finance ministry i.e. government. It deals with fiscal matters i.e. matters related to government revenues and expenditure.

Revenue matters- tax policies, non tax matters such as divestment, raising of loans, service charge etc

Expenditure matters– subsidies, salaries, pensions, money spent on creation of capital assets such as roads, bridges etc.

Monetary policy and fiscal policy together deal with inflation.

Let us now understand how RBI formulates monetary policy to control inflation

It’s clear from what we have learnt so far that to control inflation, RBI will have to decrease money supply or increase cost of fund so that people do not demand goods and services.

Tools available with RBI

Quantitative tools or general tools- they affect money supply in entire economy- housing, automobile, manufacturing, agriculture- everything.

They are of two types

Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)– as the name suggests, banks have to keep this proportion as cash with the RBI. Bank cannot lend it to anyone. Bank earns no interest rate or profit on this.Bank cannot lend it to anyone.
Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)- As the name indicates banks have to set aside this much money into liquid assets such as gold or RBI approved securities mostly government securities. Banks earn interest on securities but as yield on govt securities is much lower banks earn that much less interest.

RBI Tools for Controlling Credit/Money Supply

Broadly speaking, there are two types of methods of controlling credit.

Measure of Money Supply in India

M1	M2	M3	M4
It is also known as Narrow Money.	It is a broader concept of the money supply.	It is also known as Broad Money.	M4 includes all items of M3 along with total deposits of post office saving accounts.
M1= C+DD+OD C= Currency with Public. DD= Demand Deposit with the public in the Banks. OD= Other Deposits held by the public with RBI.	M2= M1 + Saving deposits with the post office saving banks. M1 is distinguished from M2 because the post office saving deposits are not as liquid as Bank deposits.	M3 = M1+ Time Deposits with the Bank. Time deposits serve as a store of wealth and represent a saving of the people and are not as liquid as they cannot be withdrawn through cheques or ATMs as compared to money deposited in Demand deposits.	M4= M3+Total Deposits with Post Office Saving Organisations. M4 however, excludes National Saving Certificates of Post Offices.
It is the most liquid form of the money supply.		M3 is the most popular and essential measure of the money supply. The monetary committee headed by late Prof Sukhamoy Chakravarty recommended its use for monetary planning in the economy. M3 is also called Aggregate Monetary Resource

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March 10, 2023

[Sansad TV] Drones in Defence Sector
In this edition of ‘The Defenders” experts discuss the importance of drones in the Indian defence sector, Indian drone policy and its implications.

Context
- As the role of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) continues to grow in all sectors of society, new applications for drones in security and defence continue to emerge.
- While the possibilities presented by drones in the theatre of war have already been explored, more research is now being undertaken into their potential for improving security.
What are Drones?
- Drones, also known as UAVs are aircraft that are flown without a human pilot on board.
- They can be controlled remotely by a human operator or can be programmed to fly autonomously using onboard computers and sensors.
- Drones come in a variety of shapes and sizes, ranging from small, hand-held models to larger, more complex aircraft capable of carrying payloads such as cameras, sensors, and weapons.
- They can be powered by various sources, including electricity, gas, or other fuels, depending on their size and purpose.
What are the types of Military Drones?

There are a few different types of drones used in militaries around the world:
1. Fixed-wing: They are the fastest military UAV currently deployed worldwide. These drones are designed to take off and land like aeroplanes, using wings instead of rotors for lift.
2. Single-rotor: They look similar to helicopters and are more durable than other drones. While they can be more efficient than different types of drones, they require more maintenance.
3. Multirotor: These drones are the most straightforward option that provides the best control over positioning and framing. Because of this, they are the best choice for surveillance and reconnaissance.
How are Drones changing military warfare?

Drones have improved military capabilities around the world in many ways. It will also continue to change military warfare through the following:
- Better Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition (RSTA): Drones provide real-time information on targets’ positions, terrain, and enemy movements to commanders on the ground.
- Reduced Cost: Drones are cheaper than conventional aircraft in terms of both price and maintenance.
- Crew safety: Because drones are unmanned, they also reduce the risk of pilots being injured mid-flight.
- Faster deployment: Compared to conventional aircraft, drones are faster and easier to deploy. They are easier to operate and don’t need training as extensive as most aircraft. Many drones don’t need a runway, and other types can easily fit in a backpack.
- Increased flexibility: While the military-industrial complex has developed technology that prioritizes this need, drones are the best example. On top of this, drones can even be fully automated.
- Improved Situational Awareness: Drones can provide military commanders with real-time video and other intelligence data, giving them a better understanding of the battlefield and enemy movements.
Combat importance of drones

As a result, more military forces are looking to use drones to increase their combat and surveillance capacity. These are the most common roles UAVs fulfil:
- Reconnaissance: Drones can conduct surveillance missions by hovering over an area for an extended period.
- Command and Control: Drones can relay crucial information on enemy movements, locations, and positions of strategic targets. This information allows commanders to be more efficient and make better decisions when in the field.
- Combat and Combat Support: Unmanned vehicles play a huge role in performing combat and combat support missions. Built-in targeting software allows operators to hit their targets with greater precision and accuracy.
- Targeted strikes: UAVs can be used for target practice or for training exercises by operators to improve their accuracy. Drones’ built-in targeting software is customizable to detect and respond to targets automatically.
- Logistics: Drones can be used as military-industrial couriers and assist in delivering valuable supplies and equipment. They can also help evacuate injured personnel.
- Search and Rescue: Drones can be equipped with thermal imaging cameras and other sensors to aid in search and rescue operations, helping to locate lost or injured personnel.
- Drones as Target Decoys: There are times when a defense strategy may require using drones as target decoys to mislead its opponents and launch an attack from another direction.
Drone regulation in India

These rules are built on the premise of trust, self-certification, and non-intrusive monitoring. The policy is designed to usher in an era of super-normal growth while balancing safety and security considerations.

Significant applications of Drone Technology

Drones are a transformative technology. They have been and can be used in various areas such as:
- Land mapping: The drone technology in the SVAMITVA scheme has helped about half a million village residents to get their property cards by mapping out the areas.
- Emergency response: Drones are significant for the agencies such as the fire and emergency services wherever human intervention is not safe. It can perfectly save human efforts during disaster management.
- Distant and remote delivery purposes: Recently, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has approved a project with the Telangana government for using drone technology to deliver vaccines in remote areas.
- Agriculture: In the agriculture sector, micronutrients, and hazardous pesticides can be spread with the help of drones. It can also be used for performing surveys for identifying the challenges faced by the farmers.
- E- Commerce: Drones offer a perfect and cost-effective solution for delivery of products by e-com facilitators.
- Monitoring: The railways are using drones for track monitoring. Telecom companies are using drones for monitoring the tower.
- Security and defence: Drone system can be used as a symmetric weapon against terrorist attacks. They can be integrated into the national airspace system.
Threats posed by Drones

The operation of drones without any adequate legal backing can pose several security threats.
- Espionage: Drones can be stealthily used for spying purposes.
- Terror sponsoring: Procurement of combat drones by non-state actors poses serious threats.
- Stealth in warfare: Drones can easily escape security checks due to its compact size.
- Easy available weapons: Given the easy availability of advanced technology to the common man at a reduced cost and the proliferation of information via the Internet, this threat will invariably grow.
- Destruction of security apparatus: They can be put to destructive use, to slam into critical targets, destroy infrastructure and so on.
- Smuggling of arms: Incidents of arms being dropped by drones are also there such as the recent Jammu drone attacks.
Why are drones such stealthy?
- Radar complicacies: Conventional air defense systems are less effective against drones and military radars are designed to track larger, fast-moving aircraft and cannot always pick up small, slow, low-flying drones.
- Feasibility of securitization: It is not cost effective to use expensive anti-aircraft systems to shoot down these drones, which are typically cheap and can be easily devised.
- Eyespoting not possible every time: Currently, border forces in India largely use eyesight to spot drones and then shoot them down. Drones can be easily disguised as bird or any other un-identified flying object.
India’s vulnerability: Terror sponsoring neighborhood
- India is always subjected to continuous threats of cross-border terrorism, drug trafficking and arms trafficking from Pakistan.
- Sighting of drones near the India-Pakistan border and the Line of Control has been frequent these days.
- We often get to hear news about Punjab Police seizing drones that dropped arms consignment, and narcotic drug supplies from Pakistan.
- There were many drone-dropped arms consignments seized by the Indian police and security forces.
Way forward
- As technology advances, security architects and countries have taken cognizance of this fact and are working on the technological as well as policy fronts to counter it.
- The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed a detect-and-destroy technology for drones, but it is not yet into mass production.
- GPS technology can be imbibed and be inbuilt in drones so that they cannot enter in non flying area.
- For installations such as oil refineries, power stations or military station a ‘mid segment model’ that includes primary and passive detection and soft kill options can be adopted.
Conclusion
- Modern drones, in the hands of terrorists, could cause considerable panic and damage if not countered adequately.
- Though drones pose a sub-tactical threat, it requires a strategic response. Entire threat perception has to be relooked.
- It is essential to ensure that the security measures are set up in time so as to avoid any untoward occurrence or a major catastrophe.
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How to start answer writing FROM SCRATCH for UPSC Mains 2024? 10 Best practices our MEP program students followed | LIVE 1-1 Masterclass by Sukanya Ma’am | FREE Strategic Package on registration
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Nikaalo Prelims Spotlight || National Income, Inclusive Growth and other Social Sectors related Schemes
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This Spotlight is a part of our Mission Nikaalo Prelims-2023.

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9th Mar 2023

National income, inclusive growth and other social sector related schemes

National Income

National income accounting refers to the set of methods and principles that are used by the government for measuring production and income, or in other words economic activity of a country in a given time period.

The various measures of determining national income are GDP (Gross Domestic Product), GNP (Gross National Product), and NNP (Net National Product) along with other measures such as personal income and disposable income.

National income accounting equation is an equation that shows the relationship between income and expense of an economy and other categories. It is represented by the following equation:

Y = C + I + G + (X – M)

Where

Y = National income

C = Personal consumption expenditure

I = Private investment

G = Government spending

X = Net exports

M = Imports

The most important metrics that are determined by national income accounting are GDP, GNP, NNP, disposable income, and personal income.

Methods of measuring National income
Issues associated with National Income accounting in India
(A) Problems in Income Method:

Owner-occupied Houses

Self-employed Persons

Goods meant for Self-consumption

Wages and Salaries paid in Kind

(B) Problems in Product Method:

Services of Housewives

Intermediate and Final Goods

Second-hand Goods and Assets

Illegal Activities

Consumers’ Service

Capital Gains

Inventory Changes

Depreciation

Price Changes

(C) Problems in Expenditure Method:

Government Services

Transfer Payments

Durable-use Consumers’ Goods

Public Expenditure
Inclusive growth
- As per OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), inclusive growth is economic growth that is distributed fairly across society and creates opportunities for all.
- UNDP has described inclusive growth as “the process and the outcome where all groups of people have participated in growth and have benefited equitably from it”.
- It lessens the fast growth rate of poverty in a country and upsurges the participation of people into the development of the country.
Salient Features of Inclusive Growth
- Address the constraints of the excluded and marginalised.
- Participation from all sections of society
- Reduction in disparities among per capita incomes between different sectors and sections of society.
- Non – discriminatory
- Higher potential of poverty reduction
- Ensure access of people to basic infrastructure and basic services/capabilities such as basic health and education.
- Include poor, lagging socio – economic groups and lagging regions as well as they are partners in this growth.
Dimensions of Inclusive Growth
Equality

Good Governance

Decentralization

Accountability and Transparency

Sustainability

Financial Sustainability

Social Sustainability

Environment Sustainability
Social Sector related schemes

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Nikaalo Prelims Spotlight || Important Constitutional Amendements, Recent Acts passed
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Important Constitutional amendments

Following Are The Major Amendments Made In The Constitution

First Amendment Act, 1951
1. It empowers the states to make socio-economic justice with socially and economically backward classes.
2. It was aimed at land reforms and Zamindari abolition.
3. Added the ninth schedule to protect anti-zamindari laws from judicial review.
4. Added public order, friendly relations with foreign states, and incitement to an offense as the additional grounds for reasonable restrictions on the freedom of speech and expression. It also made it justiciable.
5. It provided that state trading and nationalization of any business would not be considered against the right to trade or business.
Fourth Amendment Act, 1955
1. Empowered state to nationalize any trade.
2. Provided that the compensation amount given by the state for the acquisition of property, can not be challenged in court on the grounds of insufficiency.
3. Added more laws in the ninth schedule and expanded the scope of article 31 (C).
Seventh Amendment Act, 1956
1. Reorganized the Indian states as 14 states and 6 UTs. Abolished the old A, B, C, and D categorization of states.
2. Provided the common high court for two or more states, and extended the jurisdiction of HC to UTs. Also provided additional acting judges to HC
Ninth Amendment Act, 1960
1. Provided for the cession of the Indian territory named Berubari Union ( West Bengal) to Pakistan as a commitment made under the Indo-Pakistan Agreement (1958). (The amendment was made for the reason that, under article 3, the parliament can alter the area of a state, however, it does not include the cession of Indian territory to a foreign state. It can only be done by amending the constitution itself.)
Tenth Amendment Act, 1961

Acquired the Dadra, Nagar and Haveli as a Union Territory from Portugal.

Eleventh Amendment Act, 1961
1. Provided the new procedure of election for the vice president by introducing an electoral college.
2. Also clear that any vacancy in the appropriate electoral college would not be the reason to challenge the election of the President or vice president.
Twelfth Amendment Act, 1962

Added Goa, Daman and Diu to the Indian Union.

Thirteenth Amendment Act, 1962

Made Nagaland a state and provided special provisions for it.

Fourteenth Amendment Act, 1962
1. Added Puducherry to the Indian Union.
2. The Union Territories of Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, Goa, Daman and Diu, and Puducherry are provided with legislatures and a council of ministers.
Seventeenth Amendment Act, 1964
1. Made fair compensation (based on market value) compulsory for the state for the acquisition of privately cultivated land.
2. Added 44 other Acts in the Ninth Schedule.
Eighteenth Amendment Act, 1966
1. provided that the Parliament can form a new state by uniting a part of a state or a union territory to another state or union territory.
2. Created Punjab and Haryana as new states.
Twenty-First Amendment Act, 1967

Added Sindhi as the 15th language in the Eighth Schedule.

Twenty Fourth Amendment Act, 1971

This Amendment Act was brought in the aftermath of the Golaknath case (1967) in which the Supreme Court held that the Parliament could not take away any fundamental rights through the constitutional amendment.
1. It made it clear that the parliament has the power to amend any part of the constitution including article 13 by using article 368.
2. Made it obligatory for the President to give assent to a Constitutional Amendment Bill.
Twenty-Fifth Amendment Act, 1971
1. Curtailed the fundamental right to property.
2. It made it clear that a law made to fulfill the provisions of the Directive Principles contained under Article 39 (b) or (c) cannot be challenged on the ground it violates the fundamental rights given in Articles 14, 19, and 31.
Twenty-Sixth Amendment Act, 1971

It removes the privy purses and privileges of the former monarchical rulers of princely states.

Thirty First Amendment Act, 1973

Reason for the Amendment:
1. An increase in the population of India was revealed in the Census of 1971.
2. Increased the number of Lok Sabha seats from 525 to 545.
Thirty-Third Amendment Act, 1974

It changed Articles 101 and 190 and provided that The Chairman/Speaker of the house can reject the resignation of MP if he found it ingenuine or non-voluntary.

Thirty-Fifth Amendment Act, 1974
1. It changed the protectorate status of Sikkim and assigned it a status of an associate state of the Indian Union.
2. The Tenth Schedule was added to fix the terms and conditions of such engagement of Sikkim with the Indian Union.
Thirty-Sixth Amendment Act, 1975

Gave a full-fledged State status to Sikkim and repealed the Tenth Schedule.

Thirty-Eighth Amendment Act, 1975
1. Provided that the declaration of emergency by the President can not be challenged in a court of law.
2. Provided that the promulgation of ordinances by the President, governors, and administrators of Union territories can not be challenged in a court of law.
3. Provided that the President could declare different proclamations of national emergency on different grounds simultaneously.
Forty-second Amendment Act, 1976

It is also known as the ‘ Mini-constitution’, as it made very comprehensive changes to the constitution of India.
1. It amended the preamble and added the words – socialist, secular, and integrity.
2. Added Fundamental Duties for the citizens by including new Part IV A.
3. Exclusively made cabinet advice binding on the president.
4. By adding Part XIV A, it provided for administrative tribunals and tribunals for other matters
5. It froze the seats for the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies census till 2001, on the basis of 1971.
6. Restricted the judicial review for the constitutional amendment act.
7. Limited the power of judicial review and writ jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and high courts.
8. Increased the tenure of Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies from 5 to 6 years.
9. Included new Directive Principles – (a) equal justice and free legal aid, (b) participation of workers in the management of industries, and (c) protection of the environment, forests, and wildlife.
10. Provided the proclamation of national emergency now for a part of the territory of India.
11. Raised the one-time duration of the President’s rule in a state from earlier 6 months to one year.
12. Created the All-India Judicial Service.
Forty-four Amendment Act, 1978

This was also the comprehensive amendment which was mainly brought to undo the actions of the 42nd amendment. It also introduced some important provisions.
1. Changed the term of the Lok Sabha and the state legislative assemblies again to the original 5 years.
2. Provided the president can send back the advice of the cabinet for reconsideration.
3. changed the phrase “internal disturbance” with “armed rebellion” as a ground to proclaim a national emergency.
4. Removed the right to property from the list of Fundamental Rights and provided it only as a legal right.
5. Provided that fundamental rights under articles 20-21 can not be suspended during a national emergency.
Fifty-second Amendment Act, 1985

The Tenth schedule was added as a measure to the anti-defection issues.

Sixty-First Amendment Act, 1989

The legal voting age changed from 21 to 18 years for Lok Sabha as well as Legislative Assemblies.

Sixty-ninth Amendment Act 1991
1. It provided a special status to Delhi as the ‘National Capital Territory of Delhi.’
2. Provided a legislative assembly and the council of ministers for Delhi.
Seventy-first Amendment Act 1992

Added Konkani, Manipuri, and Nepali languages in the Eighth Schedule.

Seventy-Third Amendment Act 1992
1. Provided constitutional status for the Panchayati Raj institutions.
2. Added Part-IX and 11th Schedule
Seventy-fourth Amendment Act 1992
1. Provided constitutional status for the Urban local bodies.
2. Part IX-A and the 12th Schedule were added.
Eighty-sixth Amendment Act 2002
1. Provided the Right to Education as a fundamental right (part III of the Constitution).
2. The new article inserted Article 21A which made free and compulsory education for children between 6-14 years.
3. Added a new Fundamental Duty under Article 51 A.
Eighty-eighth Amendment Act 2003

Provided Service Tax under Article 268-A – which was levied by Union and collected and appropriated by the Union as well as the States.

Ninety-second Amendment Act 2003

Added Bodo, Dogri (Dongri), Maithili, and Santhali in the Eighth schedule

Ninety-fifth Amendment Act 2009

Provided for the extended reservation for the SCs and STs and special representation to the Anglo-Indian community in the Lok Sabha and the state legislative assemblies for ten more years (Article 334).

Ninety-seventh Amendment Act 2011
1. Part IX-B added to the constitution for cooperative societies and made it a constitutional right.
2. The right to form cooperative societies became a fundamental right under Article 19.
3. Article 43-B was inserted as a DPSP to promote cooperative societies.
101st Amendment Act, 2016

Provided for Goods and Service Tax (GST).

102nd Amendment Act, 2018

The National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) became a constitutional body.

103rd Amendment Act, 2019

Granted 10% Reservation for Economically Weaker Sections of citizens of classes other than the classes mentioned in clauses (4) and (5) of Article 15

104th Amendment Act, 2020

Changed the reservation of seats for SCs and STs in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies from Seventy years to Eighty.

Ended the reservation of seats for the Anglo-Indian community in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies.

Recent Acts passed

1. New Delhi International Arbitration Centre
(Amendment) Act, 2022

2. Energy Conservation (Amendment) Act, 2022

3. Wildlife Protection (Amendment) Act, 2022

4. Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second
Amendment) Act, 2022

5. Central Universities (Amendment) Act, 2022

6. Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment)
Act, 2022

7. Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022

8. Chartered Accountants, the Cost and Works
Accountants and the Company Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 2022

9. Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment)
Act, 2022

10. National Anti-Doping Act, 2022

11. Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Amendment Act, 2022

12. Indian Antarctic Act, 2022

13. Family Courts (Amendment) Act, 2022

14. Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes)
Orders (Amendment) Act, 2022

15. Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Fourth
Amendment) Act, 2022.

Refer website https://prsindia.org/acts/parliament?title=&year=2022 to read more about the acts passed in 2022 and 2023.

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