Polity News

e-Shram Portal

The Union Labour and Employment Ministry is working on a mechanism to process accident insurance claims by unorganised workers registered on the e-Shram portal, which has seen over 27 crore registrations so far.

posted by 2nd May 2022

Armed Forces Special Powers Act

News Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that efforts are on to improve the law-and-order situation in North- East region so as to completely lift the AFSPA from the region.

posted by 29th Apr 2022

Birth, death reporting to be automated

The Union government is planning to revamp the Civil Registration System (CRS) to enable the registration of birth and death in real-time with minimum human intervention and independent of location, according to the 2020-21 annual report of the Union Home Ministry.

posted by 28th Apr 2022

States vs center on Vice chancellor selection

The Tamil Nadu assembly passed two bills seeking to transfer the governor’s power in appointing the vice chancellors of 13 state universities to the state government.

posted by 26th Apr 2022

Armed Forces (Special Powers) Acts (AFSPA)

The killing of civilians in a botched ambush by the armed forces in Nagaland’s Mon district on Saturday and its violent fallout have put the spotlight on the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act of 1958.

posted by 7th Dec 2021