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Polity and Governance Current Affairs Yearly 2024 UPSC CSE






Polity and Governance 


January 2023:

  • Polity and Governance 
    • Separation of Power
    • Federalism: Unique Status of Delhi
    • Elections & Technology
    • Women in Judiciary
    • Aspirational Block Programme (ABP)
    • News in Shorts
      • Public Service Content
      • Rule of Law Index
      • Free Speech of Ministers
      • Electronic Supreme Court Reports (e-SCR) Project
      • Charge Sheets

February 2023:

  • Polity and Governance
    • Audit Data Standardization
    • Parliamentary Privileges
    • Office of Mayor
    • Judicial Shutdown
    • Internet Shutdown
    • News in Shorts
      • Appointment of Judges to Supreme Court
      • ECI Decides on Party Name and Symbol
      • Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA)

March 2023:

  • Polity and Governance
    • The Seventh Schedule
    • Electoral Funding
    • Panel for Appointment of Election Commissioner
    • GST Appellate Tribunal (GSTAR) 
    • Office of Lokpal
    • Regulation of Fake News
    • Enemy Property
    • News in Shorts
      • Bar Council of India
      • Aadhar Authentication
      • Consumer Disputes 

April 2023:

  • Polity and Governance
    • Basic Structure Doctrine
    • Democratic Decentralisation in India
    • Cooperative Federalism
    • Inter-State Border Disputes
    • Aadhaar
    • Land Records Modernization in India
    • Regulation of Online Gaming
    • News in Shorts
      • Rural-Urban Areas
      • National Party Status
      • Governor
      • Central Administrative Tribunal
      • Technology in Judiciary
      • India Justice Report
      • Doctrine of Promissory Estoppel
      • Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill 2023

May 2023:

  • Polity and Governance
    • National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Ordinance, 2023
    • Model Prisons Act 2023
    • News in Shorts 
      • Whip 
      • Article 142
      • District Judiciary
      • Recusal by Judges
      • e- governed State
      • World Press Freedom Index 2023
      • Internet Shutdowns
      • Narco Analysis Test

June 2023:

  • Polity and Governance
    • New Parliament House
    • Law on Sedition
    • Grievance Redressal Assessment and Index (GRAI)
    • OTT Registration in India
      • News in Shorts
        • Affirmative Action
        • Governor's Power
        • General Consent of CBI
        • Appointment of DGP
        • Justice Clocks
        • Nyaya Vikas Portal
        • Panchayat Development Index (PDI)

July 2023:

  • Polity and Governance
    • Uniform Civil Code
    • Judicial Pendency 
    • Directorate of Enforcement
    • Multi-State Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2023
    • Cinamatograph (Amendment) Bill, 2023
    • News in Shorts
      • Right to Silence
      • SoP to check the use of Freebies, Liquor to Lure Voters
      • Demarcation of Roles of MCA and Meity
      • Dark Patterns 

August 2023:

  • Polity and Governance
    • Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023
    • Aspects of Election Process and Reform
      • Common Electoral Roll (CER)
      • False Declarations During Filing of Nomination for Elections
      • Establishing Parity Between Minimum Age of Voting and Contesting Elections
    • Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Act 2023
    • No-confidence Motion
    • Mediation Bill, 2023
    • Guidelines for Celebrities, Influencers, and Virtual Influencers 
    • Registration of Birth and Death (Amendment) Act, 2023
    • News in Shorts
      • Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2023

September 2023:

  • Polity and Governance
    • Nari Shakti Vandan (Constitution 106th Amendment), Act 2023
    • Simultaneous Elections
    • Artificial Intelligence and Elections 
    • Personality Rights
    • Secretariat of the Parliament 
    • News in Shorts
      • 108 Migrants from Pakistan Awarded Citizenship in Gujarat
      • Disqualification of Lawmakers
      • Panel of Voice-Chairpersons (VCs)
      • Prison Reform
      • Public Servants Lose Immunity in Pre-2014 Corruption Cases

October 2023:

  • Polity and Governance
    • Capacity Building of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) 
    • Criminalization of Politics
    • Parliamentary Privileges of Lawmakers 
    • Inter-State Water Dispute
    • Role of Technology in Public Services Delivery
    • Consumer Protection in India
    • Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006
    • News in Shorts
      • Unlawful Association under UAPA, 1967
      • Online Registration of First Information Reports (FIR)
      • Centre claims Aadhaar as the most trusted digital ID in the wolrd
      • Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995
      • Sarna Code

November 2023:

  • Polity and Governance 
    • Electoral Funding
      • Electoral Literacy
    • Role of Governor 
    • Special and Local Laws (SLL)
    • Right to Information (RTI)
    • Special Category Status (SCS)
    • News in Shorts
      • AAINA Dashboard for Cities
      • Report on Bills for Criminal Laws
      • Disposal of Cases Against Maps/MLAs
      • Enabling Communications on Real-Time Environment (ENCORE) 
      • Curbing Film Piracy 

December 2023:

  • Polity and Governance
    • Criminal Law Reforms Acts
      • Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023
      • Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023
      • Bhartiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023
    • Crime in India 2022 Report
    • Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023
    • Press and Registration of Periodicals Acr, 2023
    • Telecommunication Act, 2023
    • Abrogation of Article 370
    • Expulsion of Lawmakers
    • National Cadet Corps (NCC)
    • News in Shorts
      • Lokayukta
      • Impeachment in US and India
      • Two Bills on Jammu and Kashmir Recieve President's Assent
      • Post Office Act, 2023
      • Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) Scheme
      • Gram Manchitra

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