16th Finance Commission and Fiscal federalism Why in News? The Union government is gearing up to constitute the Sixteenth Finance Commission in November this year. It will recommend the formula for sharing revenues between the Centre and the States for the five-year period beginning 2026-27. What is...
Exploring Assam’s delimitation draft GS2 Syllabus Topic: Union and State Legislatures (structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers & privileges; issues therein); Salient features of the Representation of People’s Act Why in news: Recently the Election Commission (EC) released a draft delimit...
The Role of The Governor in India GS 2 Syllabus : Functions & responsibilities of the Union and the States; issues and challenges of federal structure Why In News: The issue of Governor has been in the news for the past 2 years as the office of Governor is impacting the federal structure of Governan...
Climate Finance Why in News? The recent report by the World Meteorological Organisation that global temperatures reached 1.5 degrees Celsius at the beginning of June is a warning that the climate emergency has arrived and there is urgent need for strong Climate Financing Mechanism Changing Climate: ...
Is the Arabian Sea no longer pacific? Cyclone patterns and occurrence over India’s western sea show a change and recent data suggests that the previously calm body of water has also started receiving tropical cyclones of high intensity in a small time interval The cyclonic activities in the Indian O...