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Different types of Majority provisions in Constitution

August 17, 2014 by Simply Decoded Leave a Comment

  Explained by: Parveen Kaswan ( Author is an Aerospace Engineer and holds a Masters Degree in Engineering Designs from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore ) I know for a starter it is very difficult to understand the different types of majority required in various legislative functions of parliament and assembly. Indian constitution is both flexible … [Read more…]

Posted in: Decoded, Latest, Miscellaneous, Politics & Administration Tagged: Constitutional Majorities, Difference between Absolute majority and Special majority, Simple majority and Absolute majority, Types of Majority in Parliament, What if Effective Majority, What is Absolute majority

Human Development Report 2014 takes the temperature on humanity

July 26, 2014 by Simply Decoded Leave a Comment

  Although poverty is declining overall, almost 800 million people are at risk of falling back into poverty if setbacks occur. Nearly 1.5 billion people in 91 developing countries are living in poverty with overlapping deprivations in health, education and living standards. And according to income-based measures of poverty, 1.2 billion people still live with … [Read more…]

Posted in: International, Latest, Politics & Administration Tagged: HDI Index 2014, Human development in India, Human Development Report 2014, India and HDI

Centre – State financial relation & Special Category Status: Decoded

June 24, 2014 by Mr. Suchak Patel Leave a Comment

  Author: Suchak Patel  In any Federal structure, well defined state central financial relation between state and centre is necessary for the smooth working of whole political system. As a democracy it is also important for India. We had a beautiful and well defined system of the tax distribution between central and state governments but … [Read more…]

Posted in: Economics and Business, Miscellaneous, Politics & Administration Tagged: Centre – State financial relation, Factors behind Special Category Status, Special Category Status

NSWG and PURA – Tools to transform India

May 22, 2014 by V.K. Dadhich 1 Comment

  Author:  V.k. Dadhich   Recently, the Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi had a talk with former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam over phone. They talked of the future that lay ahead and the means to achieve the goals. That’s when Kalam reiterated his ideas of National Smart Waterways Grid and PURA implementations. Let us discuss … [Read more…]

Posted in: Decoded, Govt. Schemes, Miscellaneous, Politics & Administration Tagged: National Smart Waterways Grid, Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas, Role of PURA, What is PURA

Right to recall: Need of the hour?

May 10, 2014 by V.K. Dadhich Leave a Comment

  Author: V.k. Dadhich   In simple terms, recall is the retiring of an elected officer by a vote of the electorate. This feature finds roots in the Athenian democracy and is also a prominent feature of the constitution of Switzerland, Philippines and Venezuela. In fact, this feature also finds place in the constitution of the  … [Read more…]

Posted in: Miscellaneous, Opinions, Politics & Administration Tagged: electoral reforms, Need of right to Recall, Pros and Cons of Right to recall, Right to recall: Need of the hour?

Multipurpose river valley projects: Retrospection is needed

April 15, 2014 by Vipin Khokad 1 Comment

  By: Vipin Khokad   Multipurpose river valley projects in India were started with the basic aim of meeting the critical requirements of irrigation for agriculture, electricity for industries and flood control. The importance of the dams at that time can be inferred from the fact that dams were regarded as “the temples of modern India” … [Read more…]

Posted in: Enviroment, Latest, Life & Society, Miscellaneous, Opinions, Politics & Administration Tagged: Multipurpose river valley projects, Multipurpose river valley projects in India, Pros and cons of Multipurpose river valley projects, River projects in India

Legislative council of India: Formation and Fuctions

March 19, 2014 by Simply Decoded Leave a Comment

  The Legislative Council or the Vidhan Parishad is the Upper Chamber of the State Legislature. Union Parliament has the power’ to create or abolish the Legislative Council in various states on the basis of resolutions adopted by special majority in the Assemblies. Article 169 states: Abolition or creation of Legislative Councils in States (1) … [Read more…]

Posted in: Decoded, Miscellaneous, Politics & Administration Tagged: Formation and Fuctions of legislative counci, formation of Legislative council, Legislatiove council powers, Legislative council in India, Vidhan Parishad

Women and her Voting History

March 16, 2014 by Simply Decoded Leave a Comment

  By: Vanam Tejasvi ( Author is post graduate in sociology with a passion in public goverance and administration. She is an avid reader and a part time social worker.)   Women constitutes more than half of the human race and play a crucial role in all spheres of life. The reality check of growth of any … [Read more…]

Posted in: Decoded, Life & Society, Politics & Administration Tagged: Indian women and Politics, Voting History of women, Voting rights for Indian women, Women empowerment in India

B.R Ambedkar on Constitution

January 26, 2014 by Simply Decoded 1 Comment

  Excerpts from the Constituent Assembly speech by Dr B.R. Ambedkar on Friday, the 25th November, 1949. Read the full speech here. To download copy of Indian Constitution in Pdf format click here.    … I feel, however good a Constitution may be, it is sure to turn out bad because those who are called to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Opinions, Politics & Administration Tagged: B.R Ambedkar on constitution, B.R Ambedkar Speech, Speech of Ambedkar on constitution

Ageing Problem and the SAARC Region

December 12, 2013 by Dr. Sultan Ahmad Leave a Comment

  By: Dr. Sultan Ahmad (Author is former Professor, Chittagong University and East West University, Bangladesh)   Declining fertility along with increase in life expectancy has reshaped the age structure of the population from young to old. Current total fertility rate is below replacement level in all industrialized countries and life expectancy ranging from 71 years in Latvia to … [Read more…]

Posted in: International, Opinions, Politics & Administration Tagged: Ageing Problem in SAARC countries, Problems of SAARC region, SAARC Region, What are Ageing Problem South Asia is facing
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