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Facebook- Study maniac Page 1: Taliban attacks alibananarmybasenearMazar-e-Sharif

innorthernAfghanistan.2. Delhi goes to Municipal polls. -Municipal Corporation and Municipal Council System;

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Facebook- Study maniac Delhi Alwar Train: Ø National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC): TheNCRTC,ajointventureoftheGovernmentsofIndia,

Haryana,Delhi,UEarPradeshandRajasthan.

Ø  180.5-kmprojectwouldcostanesOmated₹37,539crore.Ø  Theproject,whichisexpectedtobecompletedinaboutsix

yearsØ willbefundedbytheCentre,Stategovernmentsconcerned

andotherfundingagencies.

Facebook- Study maniac q  ItisplanningtoundertakethreeprioriOsedRRTScorridors—

Delhi-Alwar,Delhi-MeerutandDelhiPanipat.q Also,eightsuchcorridorshavebeenidenOfiedunderthe

IntegratedTransportaOonPlan,2032,preparedbytheNaOonalCapitalRegionPlanningBoard(NCRPB).

q AmongtheotherRRTScorridorsareDelhi-Baraut,Delhi-Hapur,Delhi-Khurja,Delhi-Palwal,andDelhi-Rohtak.

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Facebook- Study maniac -  PrevenOonofInsultstoNaOonalHonourAct,1971,isalsowrong,

andtheSupremeCourtthatupheldthislawforthewholecountrywillnodoubtsoonchangeitswisemind.

-  Becausewhatisactuallynon-negoOableundertheConsOtuOonandinIndia’sdemocracyisthefundamentalrighttofreespeech.

-  Pseudo-patrioOsm:IfIdon’twanttosay“BharatMataKiJai”,or“JaiHind”,oreven“LongLivetheSecularRepublicofIndia”,I’mwithinmyrightstorefuseandthelawisobligedtoprotectme.Oritshouldbe.

Facebook- Study maniac v  Tax Terrorism: Retrospective Clause(Back-date) Ø  Retrospective clause is allowed in civil law but not in

criminal law. Ø  IntheCairncase,theassetsheldbyCairnIndiaHoldingshad

tobetransferredtoacompanyregisteredinIndia,whichwasdonebyCairnIndia(anIndianenOty)buyingtheenOrestakeinCairnIndiaHoldingsfromCairnU.K.Holdings.

Facebook- Study maniac CJI: CJI pitches for zero govt. role in arbitration process

1.  There are constraints within which a judge has to

operate, particularly in our country where there are constraints not only with requirement to law but heavy load of work that the system has to respond to.

2.  The Chief Justice stressed the need for a collective choice to take arbitration in Asia to a higher level. “I believe that no individual Asian country is capable of shifting to itself the culture of established international arbitrations in the U.K., the U.S. and Europe. We just don’t haveit.

Facebook- Study maniac v  NITI Aayog to present new approach. [Article 280 & 282] 1.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the meeting

of the governing council of NITI Aayog today. 2.  A new three-year policy action plan to replace the old system of

five-year plans will be discussed. 3.  This is the first time that an economic policy document will also

focus on judicial reforms and how to improve law and order and the police system. There will be an entire chapter dedicated to it.

4.  NITI Aayog will now come out with a 15-year vision documentthat is to be supplemented by a seven-year strategy and three-year action plans.

Facebook- Study maniac v  G-20: Financeministersfromtheworld’stop20economic

powers. Danger from Trump’s policies receding. à  GermanycurrentlychairstheGroupof20,anorganisaOon

thatundertheadministraOonofPresidentBarackObamahadbecomeacentralforumforworkingouteconomicissuesamongtheworld’slargesteconomies.

à  world’s20topeconomiesmeetagaininHamburginJuly.à  Germany-Steelreview.

Facebook- Study maniac v  India is happy, and the rankings just don’t match. -  ThiscountryhasitsownhappinessquoOent,andonanygiven

indicatoritcouldwellstandoutinitsownway

-  The day was March 20, also celebrated globally as the International Day of Happiness.

-  ItwasalsothedaytheWorldHappinessReport2017waspublishedamongstallthemember-countriesoftheUnitedNaOons.

-  Butitwasastonishingtofindthecountrysiengabysmallylowintherankingat122,muchbelowPakistan(80),Bangladesh(110),China(79)andNepal(99).

Facebook- Study maniac v  TheWorldHappinessReporthasbeenpublishedannuallysince

2012.TheideaistotryandmeasurethesubjecOvewell-beingofpeoplesothatthefocusofpublicpolicyinagivencountryshifsawayfromthequan5ta5veGrossDomes5cProduct(GDP)numberstowardsqualityofgrowth.

v  Therewerebroadlyfoursocialfactorsatplay–socialsupport,trust,perceivedfreedomtomakelifedecisions,andgenerosity.

v  Iamsuretherehasbeenaconspiracyagainstourcountryonaglobalplahorm,whichneedstobecalledout.

Facebook- Study maniac 1.   Socialsupporthasbeenmeasuredinthereportas

havingsomeonetocountoninOmesoftrouble.2.   Perceivedfreedomtomakelifedecisions:Religion.3.   Generousdona5ons:Maybewebargainwithrickshaw-

pullers,roadsidevendors.4.  Everyonceinawhilewealsogetcharitableatthetraffic

signals.5.  Wetrustourleaders.Wetrusttheirkidsandinfuturewe

willtrusttheirkidsalso.Webelieveingenes.WehaveascienOfictemper.

6.  Thenhowcomeourcountryhasbeenrankedsolowinthelist?Ismellconspiracyhere.


Weekly Review

Facebook- Study maniac 17th April 2017 Page 10: Collegium clears 51 names for H.C. judges. - The apex court collegium consists of S.C’s five senior-most judges à Clauses in the draft MoP, like the Executive’s prerogative to reject

judicial candidates recommended by the Collegium on the ground of “national security”

à  The bench said a committee of senior apex court judges has been formed for suggesting ways for reducing the pendency of cases up to three years.

à  First, they are filling up the vacancies, then increasing the no. of judges in H.C.s

à Other Steps: Lok Adalats.

Facebook- Study maniac Comment: Car pooling –Pollution, Road congestion Solution- creation of high-occupancy toll lanes, or HOT lanes. àThis refers to reserving one or more lanes on selected roads

and highways for cars carrying more than a single occupant. àThis ensures that single-occupancy vehicles are restricted to

the remaining lanes, thereby making the HOT lanes relatively faster (also through relaxation of speed limits for these lanes).

àFirstOmeintheU.S.in1969,itseffecOveimplementaOoninChinaandIndonesiahasencouragedmillionstooptforcar-sharingàaspeedierandlesscostlyjourney.

Facebook- Study maniac Editorial :Lead Article European Union EEC to EU àFrom a homogenous group of six countries (Belgium, France,

Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) in 1957 that formed the EEC, todayà 28 Members.

à1992 Maastricht Treaty - replaced EEC with the EU and -cleared the way for the introduction of the euro in 1999. Along the way, the EU was awarded the Nobel Peace prize in 2012.

Facebook- Study maniac Page 11. à Chahbhar Port: à Delaram-Zaranj Highway:- Route606,alsoknown

asDelaram-ZaranjHighwayisa218kmroadwayintheNimruzProvinceofAfghanistanconnecOngtheDelaramDistrictinAfghanistantothenorthernborderofIran.

à FromZaranj,thehighwayconnectstoZabolacrosstheborderinIran.Zaboliswell-connectedbyroadtothePortofChabahar

Facebook- Study maniac 18th April 2017. Page1: Sahara’s property to be auctioned. Article 144: allshallworkinharmonytocomplywiththedirecOonspassedbythiscourtkeepinginviewthemandateofAr5cle144(civilandjudicialauthoriOestoactinaidoftheSupremeCourt)(ArOcle44,144,244,344,444?)2.]Dhinakaranchargedwithbidtobribepollpanel:WhyECIis

workingfine?àMul5-memberbody-Checks&balances.àUPSC!Q.ShouldCAGbemadeaMul5-memberBody?

Facebook- Study maniac v 700 Medicines made affordable for Poor: PM •  As stipulated under the Drugs (Prices Control) Order (DPCO)

2013, NPPA fixes the ceiling price of essential medicines of Schedule I.

•  The calculation of price for essential drugs is based on the simple average of rates of all medicines in a particular therapeutic segment with sales of more than 1 per cent.

•  In respect of medicines not under price control, manufacturers are allowed to increase the maximum retail price by 10 per cent annually.

Facebook- Study maniac Business Page: 13 à Wholesale price Inflation down to 5.7% WPI vs. CPI. -  Wholesale Price Index (WPI) is computed by the Office of the

Economic Adviser in Ministry of commerce & Industry, Government of India.

-  Consumer Price Indices (CPI) released at national level are: (i)  CPI for Industrial Workers (IW) (ii)  CPI for Agricultural Labourers (AL)/ Rural Labourers (RL) (iii)  CPI (Rural/Urban/Combined).

Facebook- Study maniac Comment: Redefining Citizenship [Article 326] •  In March, the Supreme Court requested the government’s

views on a PIL seeking to impose a lifetime ban on contesting elections for those sentenced to imprisonment for more than two years.

•  Presently, the ban extends to six years after the completion of a sentence. The proposed change, which is supported by the Election Commission, would effectively end the electoral career of many prominent political leaders.

Facebook- Study maniac v Man- Animal Conflict: Definition of a Mob: A group of people is often defined as a mob if the

group becomes unruly or aggressive. One must also consider if the mob has a collective conscience or whether it simply follows the cues by leaders within it. How it gets composed, and what it wants are also important.

à A general mob mentality is on the rise in India. Mobs are involved in attacks related to race, food preferences, and various forms of moral policing.

à  In the face of such ‘mobocracy’, does wildlife stand a chance? à Clamoured for instant ‘justice’, gratification or resolution — in

the form of killing the animal, beheading it, or parading it after its death.

Facebook- Study maniac v Centre promises Electoral Reforms in S.C. [19 APRIL ] 1.  Law Commission 267 Report. - Life time ban on criminal politicians; -Disqualifica5onperiod:TheLawMinistrysaidthatthe

disqualificaOonperiodspecifiedundertheRepresentaOonofthePeopleAct,1951,wasapolicydecisionthathadbeenenactedbyParliamentaferduedeliberaOonsforcurbingtheentryofpersonswithcriminalantecedents.

Hate Speech. (25th March 2017 ) à Law Commission 267 Report: drafted a new law inserting new Sections to fortify democracy against hate speeches.

Facebook- Study maniac Lead Article: China. •  China is steadily increasing its geostrategic presence in South,

Central and West Asia; •  There is a China-Russia-Pakistan axis on the rise in Southern

Asia; •  China and Russia are revelling in a new-found rapprochement

and aim to fill the geopolitical vacuum (PIVOT to Asia) bound to be created by the U.S. withdrawal from the region;

•  Aretd.PakistanarmychiefisallsettotakeoverasthefirstCommander-in-ChiefoftheSaudi-backedIslamicMilitaryAlliance(IMA).

Facebook- Study maniac •  China-Russia-Pakistan axis àWhile China and Pakistan have been allies since the 1960s, àChina and the Soviet Union weren’t the best of friends during

the Cold War, nor did they have a great relationship in the post-Soviet days.

àPakistan and the Soviet Union were Cold War rivals, and Russia did not, until recently, share a close relationship with Pakistan.

•  All that is changing now, with them ganging up to undo American dominance in the region

Facebook- Study maniac Editorial 2: Equity in Debt: Analysis of N.K. Singh Report 1.  Excessive and unsustainable borrowing by the government is

obviously perverse as [Escape clause] (a) it entails a cost on future generations and

(b)crowding out private investment; 2. Past: Fiscal irresponsibility has cost jobs, spiked inflation, put the

currency in a tailspin and even brought the country to the brink of a default.

v  The possibility of default may have resulted in the liberalisation of the economy in 1991, but the key trigger was irrational public spending on borrowed money in the late-1980s.

20April 2017 Facebook- Study maniac Page 1. Conspiracy charge revived. -The Supreme Court invoked the maxim — ‘Let justice be done though the

heavens fall.’ -  Exercised its extraordinary constitutional powers under Article 142 to

order a joint trial of the dual Babri Masjid demolition cases and revive criminal conspiracy charges against certain political bigwigs of the time.

-  Observations: 1. This court has the power, nay, the duty to do complete justice in a case when found necessary. In the present case, crimes which shake the secular fabric of the Constitution of India have allegedly been committed.

2. Daily hearing ordered: It ordered the Lucknow CBI judge to hold day-to-day trial and pronounce the judgment in two years.



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Facebook- Study maniac Editorials: The Case for Mediated Settlements. -Existing statutory remedies of insolvency, restructuring of

companies, securitisation of debts yield much litigation but insufficient recoveries.

-  Corporate Debt Restructuring scheme Realisisng this, The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) brought out the CDR scheme for resolution of dues from the larger companies which account for 70% of the debt portfolio;

à Despite it being a well-structured system, it has failed to deliver substantially. It, however, omitted from attention the smaller borrower with loans less than ₹10 crore.

Facebook page- Study maniac International Page 12 1.  Bangladesh- China-India-Myanmar Corridor: The last meeting of

the BCIM was held Cox’s Bazaar in Bangladesh in December 2014.

2.  Now, after a gap of over two years, the meeting of Joint Study Group ( JSG) of academics and officials of the four countries on April 25-26 is expected to finalise the road map for the BCIM economic corridor.

3.  There is a perception among Chinese scholars that India had become lukewarm to the BCIM project and linked it to its reservations on the China-Pakistan-Economic corridor which passes through Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK)

Facebook page- Study maniac Editorial 2: Red Beacon 1.  Ending the V.I.P. Culture: Union Cabinet has decided to

disallow the use of the red beacon on vehicles on India’s roads.

2.  Starting May 1, only vehicles on emergency services, such as ambulances, fire trucks and police cars, will be permitted the use of a beacon — from now, a blue-coloured one.

3.  For this, the Central Motor Vehicles Rules of 1989 are to be amended, so that the Central and State governments lose the power to nominate categories of persons for the red-beacon distinction.

Facebook page- Study maniac Such visible reminders of a feudal separation apart, the power of

official proximity is experienced by citizens most intimately while accessing government services — from getting a bed at a state hospital, or a seat for one’s child in school, to cutting the waiting time for, say, a passport or an Aadhaar identity proof.

àIt must also reform procedures and the work culture to provide a level playing field to citizens to get what is theirs by right.

India U.S. Defence Cooperation: 21st April Three Foundational Agreements- 1.  CommunicaOonsCompaObilityandSecurityAgreement

(COMCASA)and2.  BasicExchangeandCooperaOonAgreementforGeospaOal

InformaOonandServicesCooperaOon(BECA)3.  Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement: LEMOAgives

accesstobothcountriestodesignatedmilitaryfaciliOesoneithersideforrefuellingandreplenishmentinprimarilyfourareas—portcalls,jointexercises,trainingandhumanitarianassistanceanddisasterrelief.(Noprovisionforanybases)

Facebook page- Study maniac Comment: Digital Rights. 1.  Global trade treaties are no longer just about reducing tariff.

They represent a whole new global legal system supplanting national policy space and sovereignty, in the interest of global big business.

2.  With the digital phenomenon restructuring most social sectors, it is little surprise that global trade negotiations are now eyeing the digital area in an attempt to colonise it.

Facebook page- Study maniac v Big Data: Big data is the key resource in the digital space. à It is freely collected or mined from developing countries, and

converted, or manufactured, into digital intelligence in developed countries, mostly the U.S. This digital intelligence forms a kind of “social brain” that begins to control different sectors and extract monopoly rents.

à Uber’s chief asset is digital intelligence about commuting, public transport, roads, traffic, city events, personal behavioural characteristics.

Facebook page- Study maniac Debate: Should Water be Privatised? Arguments against:Therearelacunaeintheurbanwatersector

whicharebeingusedasajusOficaOonforpushingwaterprivaOsaOon:-

1..Lacunaeincludelosses,inefficiency,unreliability,corrupOon,issuesofquality,andmismanagement.

Allofthesearesymptoms;therootcauseislackofdemocraOcgovernance.[LOCALlevel–WaterMgtCommiEees]

2. Poor experiences of Privatisation across the World. àNowhereithasbeencomprehensive.WhathasbeenaEemptedis

privaOsaOonofsomesmallsub-sector,say,waterdistribuOon,keepingtherestoftheissuessOllinthepublicsector.

Facebook page- Study maniac Page 1. Aadhar mandatory. 22April 2017 1.  The constitutionality of Section139AA inserted in the Income

Tax Act by the Finance Act, 2017. 2.  Govt said: SecOon139AAwasa“legislaOvemandate”.3.  S.C.saidthat:-theSupremeCourthadaskedthegovernment

tomakeAadhaaropOonalun5ltheveryvalidityoftheAadhaarschemeonthebasisofrighttoprivacywasdecidedbythecourt.

[Magsaysayawardwinnersandcriteria?][FundamentalDuty-ArOcle?IncomeTaxpayment?Legalduty?]

Facebook page- Study maniac Editorial: Lokpal Ø  In S.C. hearing, In a hearing recently regarding non-

operationalisation of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, more than three years after the law was enacted, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi reportedly argued in the Supreme Court that

àthe court has no powers to direct the government on when and how the law should be enforced. [Until a law is passed by the Parliament, judiciary cannot interfere but once a law is passed, judiciary cannot sit back]

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