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2021-11-18 22:14:22 Open / Comment

2021-11-18 22:13:58 Open / Comment

2021-11-18 22:13:41 Which of the following statements is/are correct about SUMAN (Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan) Scheme?
1. It aims to provide quality healthcare at zero cost to pregnant women, new mothers and newborns.
2. It aims to bring down Maternal Mortality Rate and Infant Mortality Rate. Open / Comment

2021-11-18 22:13:35 Open / Comment

2021-11-18 22:13:19 Consider the following statements about Special Mention Accounts (SMA) in the context of India:
1.Special Mention Accounts are those assets/accounts that show symptoms of bad asset quality in the first 90 days itself
2.The Special Mention Account is an effort to identify stressed assets that are lying with a bank for more than two years. Open / Comment

2021-11-18 20:57:10 Emailing 18th November The Hindu Editorial Analysis.pdf Open / Comment

2021-11-18 13:38:47 The Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, also known as Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib, is located in Pakistan’s Narowal district across river Ravi, about five kilometres from the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in India’s Punjab.

Guru Nanak Dev, the first Sikh Guru had arrived in Kartarpur between 1520 and 1522, as per historians, and spent the last 18 years of his life there. It was in Kararpur that he laid the foundations of a Sikh religion. At his final resting place stands the gurdwara.

The Kartarpur Corridor was finally thrown open in 2019 with the two sides agreeing on visa-free travel for Indian pilgrims to the shrine.

India had signed an agreement with Pakistan on 24th October in 2019 on the modalities for operationalization of the Shri Kartarpur Sahib Corridor at Zero Point, International Boundary, Dera Baba Nanak. Open / Comment

2021-11-18 12:48:31 *A routine matter or a punishment post?*

Relevance: Understanding judicial transfers.

News: Recently, the Supreme Court collegium recommended the transfer of the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court to the Meghalaya High Court. It also recommended the transfer of the senior-most judge of the Allahabad High Court to the Madras High Court. These transfers raise certain questions.

What does the constitution say about the transfer of high court judges?

Article 222 (after the formulation of collegium) states that the supreme court will provide recommendations for the transfer of HC judges. If this is approved by the centre, then the transfer will take effect.

What are the questions raised by these transfers?

A matter of punishment: Meghalaya HC has only 4 judges while Madras High court has sanctioned strength of 75. So, the transfer of CJI of Madras HC to Meghalaya HC seems like a punishment.
A matter of reward: Transfer of the judge of the Allahabad High Court to the Madras High Court, makes him a senior-most judge in that court. It may also be possible that he will become the next CJI of Madras HC in the coming future.
Non-transparent: The court took one and a half months to make the appointments public, which raises the questions of transparency.
Not consultation with senior judges: While transferring of the judge, senior-most judges are also consulted. It is seen that in the case of transfer of Allahabad HC judge, only the junior most judge of SC is consulted not the senior one.

What should be the way forward?

Any decisions, factors and reasons related to transfer/appointment should be put in the public domain to instil trust in minds of the public.
The central government should also step in and clear all the doubts raises about the appointment mechanism and make it a transparent process. Open / Comment

2021-11-18 11:14:25 Open / Comment

2021-11-18 11:14:09 Consider the following pairs regarding tribal rebellions during British India: Tribal Rebellion Region
1. Rampa Rebellion : Vishakhapatnam
2. Ramosi Uprising : Satara
3. Santhal Rebellion : Rajmahal Hills
4. Chuar Rebellion : Midnapore Open / Comment