Wednesday, 15 August 2012

Polity Bits



* 42nd amendment made it mandatory for the President to accept the advice given by council of ministers.

* A note should be given to the Secretary General of the House for raising a half an hour discussion in a House of Parliament.

* The constitutional Article that defines the Scheduled Castes is Article 341.

* The constitutional Article that defines the Scheduled Tribes is Article 342.

* Anglo-Indian community got special provisions for Central Services under Article 336.

* Article 338 of the Constitution of India lays down the provision for the setting up of National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

* Indian Constitution borrowed the doctrine of judicial review from United States of America.

* For a no-confidence to be introduced in the Lok Sabha it must have the support of at least 50 members.

* By the 61st Constitutional Amendment, the voting age was reduced from 21 to 18.

* S.V.Krishnamuthy Rao was the 1st Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha.

No comments:

Post a Comment