Polity, Constitution and Governance

Free Speech in India Under Threat: Judiciary, Article 19, and Misuse of Restrictions | The Study IAS

Free Speech in India Under Threat: Judiciary, Article 19, and Misuse of Restrictions | The Study IAS

Explore how free speech in India is facing new challenges after the Supreme Court’s decision in the Neha Rathore case....

Draft Seeds Bill 2025: Key Reforms, Need, and Impact on Indian Agriculture | The Study IAS

Draft Seeds Bill 2025: Key Reforms, Need, and Impact on Indian Agriculture | The Study IAS

The Draft Seeds Bill, 2025 aims to replace the outdated Seeds Act 1966 and Seeds (Control) Order 1983, modernising India’s...

Pakistan’s Controversial 27th Amendment: Power Politics, Judiciary, and Military Dynamics

Pakistan’s Controversial 27th Amendment: Power Politics, Judiciary, and Military Dynamics

Learn why Pakistan’s 27th Constitutional Amendment has sparked nationwide controversy. Explore how it could weaken the judiciary, centralise military command,...

India’s Defence Procurement Reforms: DAP 2020, Policy Evolution & Modernisation Measures

India’s Defence Procurement Reforms: DAP 2020, Policy Evolution & Modernisation Measures

India’s Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) 2020 aims to modernise military procurement through transparency and self-reliance. Learn how India’s defence procurement...

C&AG reform boosts audit cadre efficiency

C&AG reform boosts audit cadre efficiency

The Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) of India introduces specialised Central Revenue Audit (CRA) and Central Expenditure Audit (CEA) cadres...

FAC Proposes Uniform Forest Penalties: Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhiniyam 1980 Explained

FAC Proposes Uniform Forest Penalties: Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhiniyam 1980 Explained

Learn about the Forest Advisory Committee’s proposal for uniform forest penalties under the Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhiniyam, 1980. Understand...

Universal Basic Income (UBI) in India : Concept, Benefits, Challenges & Global Insights

Universal Basic Income (UBI) in India : Concept, Benefits, Challenges & Global Insights

Explore the concept of Universal Basic Income (UBI) — its meaning, benefits, challenges, and global experiments. Learn how UBI can...

Basic Structure and Anti-Conversion Laws

Basic Structure and Anti-Conversion Laws

Explore how India’s anti-conversion laws intersect with the Basic Structure doctrine. This detailed analysis explains their constitutional challenges, key provisions,...

Reforming Election Nominations: Law, Rights, and Technology

Reforming Election Nominations: Law, Rights, and Technology

Analytical essay on India’s electoral nomination reforms, highlighting Kannan Gopinathan’s critique of arbitrary rejections, legal gaps, and the potential of...

States’ Interest-Free Capex Loan: Boosting Growth & Fiscal Reform

States’ Interest-Free Capex Loan: Boosting Growth & Fiscal Reform

Learn how India’s SASCI scheme and interest-free capex loans strengthen state finances, promote infrastructure growth, and boost fiscal sustainability. States’...

Declining Dogri Language: Causes, History, and Revitalisation Efforts

Declining Dogri Language: Causes, History, and Revitalisation Efforts

Explore the decline of the Dogri language in Jammu — its historical roots, socio-economic causes, and how policy reforms and...

ECI’s Advisory for AI Content in Elections

ECI’s Advisory for AI Content in Elections

Learn about the Election Commission of India’s 2025 advisory on AI-generated content in elections. Understand new deepfake disclosure rules, compliance...

Political Economy of Freebies: Welfare or Wastage in a Developing State?

Political Economy of Freebies: Welfare or Wastage in a Developing State?

Explore the political economy of government freebies in India — their constitutional basis, ethical implications, fiscal impact, and electoral significance....

Crimes Against Children Rise in 2023 : NCRB Report

Crimes Against Children Rise in 2023 : NCRB Report

India’s NCRB 2023 report shows a 10-fold rise in crimes against children since 2005. Learn about key trends, reasons for...

Furthered Criminal Law Reforms: Transforming India’s Justice System

Furthered Criminal Law Reforms: Transforming India’s Justice System

Discover how India’s new criminal laws—BNS, BNSS, and BSA—are transforming justice delivery. Learn about time-bound FIRs, forensic-based investigations, e-FIRs, and...

U.S. Government Shutdown: Causes, Impacts, and Global Implications

U.S. Government Shutdown: Causes, Impacts, and Global Implications

Explore the U.S. government shutdown, its causes, economic and social impacts, global consequences, and how it differs from India’s parliamentary...

UPSC: A Century of Merit, Integrity, and Democratic Strength

UPSC: A Century of Merit, Integrity, and Democratic Strength

UPSC marks 100 years as India’s guardian of meritocracy. Learn its constitutional role, functions, reforms, and challenges in shaping democracy...

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) in India

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) in India

Supreme Court upholds JSW Steel’s plan for BPSL, reaffirming IBC’s role in asset revival, recovery, and credit growth despite delays...

Environmental Justice in India: NGT’s Role, Jurisdictional Overlaps & Key Rulings

Environmental Justice in India: NGT’s Role, Jurisdictional Overlaps & Key Rulings

Explore the role of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in India’s environmental justice system, its key rulings, and challenges arising...

SUNIYO Scheme: Impact on Delhi’s Property Tax and Fiscal Health

SUNIYO Scheme: Impact on Delhi’s Property Tax and Fiscal Health

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has extended its one-time property tax amnesty scheme — SUNIYO (Sampattikar Niptaan Yojana) —...

Ladakh Protests 2025 – Demands, Statehood, and Autonomy

Ladakh Protests 2025 – Demands, Statehood, and Autonomy

Youth-led protests in Ladakh demand statehood, Sixth Schedule status, and job safeguards. Learn about government response, triggers, and constitutional options....

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