Polity & Governance

Answer : The Indian democracy, being the largest in the world, is upheld by its judicial system. While the source of the judiciary’s power is the Constitution, its strength comes from the faith of Indian citizens. Lack of faith would lead to chaos, where people would hesitate to, if at all, approach courts in pursuit of justice.

The prevalence of justice in our society is highly dependent on the judiciary, which is why its efficiency is integral to ....

Answer : The concept of majoritarianism asserts that a majority of the population is entitled to a certain degree of primacy in society, and has the right to make decisions that affect the society. This traditional view has come under growing criticism and democracies have increasingly included constraints in what the parliamentary majority can do, in order to protect citizens’ fundamental rights.

This should not be confused with the concept of a majoritarian electoral system, which is a ....

Answer : Disasters and their management generally get discussed in their aftermath but practically it should result in planning and preparing the strategy to tackle and mitigate disasters in a responsible and effective manner. Disasters, both natural and unnatural, are macro level events or processes, which induce disturbances and turmoil for a prolonged life-threatening environment for a community.

India is considered as the world’s most disaster prone country. Like many other countries in this region, India is plagued ....

Answer : After the rural job guarantee programme, the government is now focusing on an ambitious National Food Security Act aimed at drawing more people into the food security net. It has made a strong pitch for providing 35 kg of cereal at Rs 3 per kg every month to the poor of this country.

The Union Cabinet has approved the Draft National Food Security Bill. It seeks to provide subsidized food grains to over half of India’s ....

Answer : China is achieving milestone after milestone every year while, India, the largest democracy in the world, has just overcome a policy paralysis. The world’s oldest democracies, like, England and United States, have been confronting humiliating revelations by their own news papers.

The democratic world is facing new demonstration, new exposition every day. Development of latest technologies has helped these free, liberated citizens to express themselves more empathically, more widely. Their free corporate are engaged in development ....

Answer : The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010 seeks to create a mechanism for compensating victims of nuclear damage arising from a nuclear incident.

The Bill fixes no-fault liability on operators and gives them a right of recourse against certain persons. It caps the liability of the operator at Rs 500 crore. For damage exceeding this amount, and up to 300 million SDR, the central government will be liable.

All operators (except the central government) need to ....

Answer : A person with dual citizenship is a citizen of two countries at the same time. Dual citizenship (sometimes called dual nationality) happens automatically in some situations, such as when a child is born to parents in the United States to foreign parents. In this case, the child (unless the parents are foreign diplomats) generally becomes a citizen of that nation as well as of the parents’ home nation. Similarly, if a child of India is ....

Answer : Today India’s foreign policy has established one of the most important strategic relations with global nations. Coming down the lane, earlier, India’s foreign policy was just a principle rather than a practice. India soon became an example for all the emerging economies in the world. Experts believe that India’s foreign policy is based on “multi- alignment”. India’s foreign policy is now more focussed on strategic partnership for domestic development. Standing firmly on the values of ....

Answer : Criminalisation of politics and corruption in public life has become the biggest threat to India, the world’s largest democracy. The roots of corruption lie in the election expenses of the candidates. the expenses incurred by the candidates are much more. As the candidates generally don’t have so much money to spend, the funds usually come from the business world or the underworld. Once the candidate becomes an MP, MLA or a minister, he has to ....

Answer : In a democratic country like India, the role of judiciary is significant. Judiciary administers justice according to law. It is required to promote justice in adjudicatory process. Credibility of judicial process ultimately depends on the manner of doing administration of justice. Judiciary can promote social justice through its judgments. Otherwise common man will suffer a lot. In a democracy, the role of judiciary is crucial. Judiciary is a faithful keeper of the constitutional assurances. An ....

Answer : Although the selection and training of good administrators is widely recognized as one of most pressing problems, there is surprisingly little agreement among executives or educators on what makes a good administrator. The executive development programs of some of the nation’s leading corporations and colleges reflect a tremendous variation in objectives.

In my opinion an administrator is one who directs the activities of other persons and undertakes the responsibility for achieving certain objectives through these efforts. ....

Answer : Indian democracy is unique in itself. A few of our enlightened educated leaders felt it was the best system for a country of overwhelmingly poor and superstitious illiterate fellows. Not many scholars, gave India a chance of survival at the time of independence and still, not only have we survived, we have carved a nation which is at the threshold of a global power status in more ways than one.

Today we are the largest functioning ....