OPTIMIZE IAS www.optimizeias.com Telegram Link: Optimize IAS INDIAN POLITY AND GOVERNANCE June 2020-July 2021 1 | P a g e OPTIMIZE IAS Contents Constitutional Framework.........................................................................................................................13 1. Torture..............................................................................................................................................13 2. Right of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016.........................................................................14 3. Rule of law........................................................................................................................................16 4. Consumer protection act..................................................................................................................17 5. Fundamental Rights of Police...........................................................................................................18 6. 103rd Amendment...........................................................................................................................19 7. Reservations in job...........................................................................................................................20 8. NSA...................................................................................................................................................20 9. Basic structure..................................................................................................................................22 10. Prior restraint and Article 19..........................................................................................................24 11. Bonded Labour...............................................................................................................................25 13. Right to strike.................................................................................................................................28 14. Right to life and Right against exploitation.....................................................................................29 15. Free Speech....................................................................................................................................30 16. Prevention of Atrocities Act............................................................................................................30 17. Right to Work..................................................................................................................................31 18. Article 32.........................................................................................................................................32 19. National Population Registrar.........................................................................................................33 20. Seventh Schedule...........................................................................................................................34 21. Agriculture: Division of power between states and the Centre by the Constitution.......................35 22. Law Commission.............................................................................................................................36 23. Preamble........................................................................................................................................37 2 | P a g e OPTIMIZE IAS 24. Ninth Schedule................................................................................................................................39 25. Sedition Law...................................................................................................................................40 26. Writer’s Cramp and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016............................................41 27. Habeus Corpus................................................................................................................................43 28. Overseas Citizen of India (OCI)........................................................................................................43 29. National Population Register..........................................................................................................45 30. Right to Counsel in Custody............................................................................................................46 31. Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act.................................................................................47 32. Concurrent List...............................................................................................................................48 33. Uniform Civil Code..........................................................................................................................49 34. Refugees and Illegal Immigrants.....................................................................................................51 35. Right to protest in India: Is it a Fundamental Right?.......................................................................52 36. Acquisition and Termination of Citizenship....................................................................................53 37. Article 19(1) (a)...............................................................................................................................55 38. Literacy numeracy mission deadline pushed to 2027.....................................................................56 39. NIPUN Bharat Mission....................................................................................................................56 40. Project BOLD to Boost Tribals.........................................................................................................57 41. Rajasthan’s education guidelines irk NCPCR...................................................................................58 42. Amending Procedure of Constitution.............................................................................................59 43. Land rights......................................................................................................................................61 Parliament and State Legislature...............................................................................................................66 44. Article 275(I) and Van Dhan Scheme..............................................................................................66 45. Rajya Sabha elections.....................................................................................................................67 46. Floor Test........................................................................................................................................67 47. Question Hour and Zero Hour.........................................................................................................68 3 | P a g e OPTIMIZE IAS 48. Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman........................................................................................................69 49. Adjournment motion......................................................................................................................70 50. Speaker role and adjournment.......................................................................................................72 51. Voice Vote and division..................................................................................................................74 52. Suspension of MPs..........................................................................................................................75 53. Election to legislative Council.........................................................................................................77 54. No Confidence Motion....................................................................................................................78 55. Breach of Privilege..........................................................................................................................79 56. Summoning of Parliament..............................................................................................................81 57. Supplementary Grants....................................................................................................................82 58. Motion of Thanks............................................................................................................................83 59. Vote on Account.............................................................................................................................84 60. Private Members bill.......................................................................................................................86 61. Money bill.......................................................................................................................................86 62. Appropriation Bill............................................................................................................................88 63. Point of Order.................................................................................................................................89 64. Prorogation.....................................................................................................................................89 65. Monsoon Session Likely to begin in July.........................................................................................90