State Information Commission The Right to Information Act, 2005, besides the Central Information Commission, also provides for the State Information Commission. It has been mandated to act upon the complaints and appeals under the act against public information officers in offices, financial institutions, and Public sector undertakings under the concerned state government. Besides, the Commission…
“Where a society has chosen to accept democracy as its creedal faith, it is elementary that the citizens ought to know what their government is doing”. ~Justice P N Bhagwati Transparency and accountability in governance are essential elements of a participatory democracy. Lack of relevant…
State Finance Commission State Finance Commission aims to maintain fiscal federalism between state Government and Local bodies. The State Finance Commission is constituted based on the Constitutional requirement in Article-243 (I) and 243 (Y). For the success of the local government, besides functional devolution, fiscal devolution was felt necessary to maintain the fiscal independence of…
Sate Election Commission The State Election Commission is an autonomous and constitutional body authorized to conduct elections for local governance, which includes the rural Panchayati Raj Institutions and the Urban Local Bodies. Before 1992, elections to these bodies were conducted by the respective State Governments. The Constitution was amended in 1992 through the 73rd and…
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) The Central Bureau of Investigation is the premier investigating police agency in India. It function under the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Ministry of Personnel, Pension & Public Grievances, CBI is neither a constitutional body nor a statutory body; it derives its powers from the Delhi Special Police Establishment…
Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is an apex governmental entity in India, with its primary role being to advance integrity, transparency, and accountability within the public administration of the country. The Commission was established in 1964 by an executive resolution of the central government (Under the Ministry of Home Affairs) on…
Lokpal of India The Lokpal (literally means the protector of the people) is an anti-corruption institution that investigates complaints of corruption against public officials. The institution of the Ombudsman was first contemplated in the 1960s to root out corruption in public offices. In 1963, during the Lok Sabha discussion on the Demands for Grants of…
National Commission for Backward Classes The term Other backward class denotes the castes that are educationally or socially backward or disadvantaged (other than scheduled castes and scheduled tribes). The backwards classes account for around 52% of the total population as per the Mandal Commission report, 1980. Constitution of National Commission for Backward Classes Since Independence,…
Linguistic minorities are groups of people who live in the territory of India or any part thereof and have a distinct language or script. The Word linguistic minorities have not been defined in the Constitution of India. However, Linguistic minorities can be understood as any group or groups of people whose mother tongues are distinct…
The National Commission for SCs is an Indian constitutional body established under Article 338 to safeguard Schedule Tribes and Anglo-Indian Communities against exploitation and protect and promote their interests. What is Schedule Caste? The term “scheduled caste” was coined by the Simon Commission (1927). This term first time appeared in the Government of India Act,…