The Finance Commission is the statutory body established by the President, according to Article 280 of the Constitution, which determines the formula of distribution of tax revenues of the Union between the Union and the States every five years.
The persistent challenge of gender-based violence and crimes against women and children has long tested the resilience of India's criminal justice framework. In the wake of nationwide civil mobilizations following the 2012 Delhi gang rape case, institutional mechanisms surrounding investigation, tracking, and prosecution underwent intense public scrutiny. Recognizing the structural lacunae in cross-jurisdictional tracking of perpetrators, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) launched the National Database on Sexual Offenders (NDSO) on September 20, 2018.
The EPFO, established in 1952, is one of the world's largest social security institutions, committed to social security for the financial future of India's workforce. EPFO is a managed provident fund, pension and insurance scheme for workers in the organised sector through its 3 flagship schemes — The EPF scheme (1952), The EPS (1995), the EDLI scheme (1976).
The persistent narrative of youth apathy towards politics has become empirically untenable in contemporary India.
The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992 gave Panchayati Raj Institutions constitutional status, and the Eleventh Schedule lists 29 subjects for devolution to them. Over 2.5 lakh panchayats and about 24 lakh elected representatives now operate under this framework, and women make up roughly half of those representatives. What the system lacked for three decades was a common yardstick for how panchayats are performing. The Panchayat Advancement Index (PAI) fills that gap. It translates the 17 Sustainable Development Goals into 9 localised themes (LSDGs) and scores each Gram Panchayat (GP) on them.
Home to an aboriginal world of flora, fauna and tribal population, Andaman and Nicobar Islands serve as a Union Territory to the Indian administration. It houses an estimated population of 4,34,192 people across 836 islets/islands/rocky outcrops with a total area of 8,249 sq. kms (Andaman and Nicobar Administration, n.d.).
India's consumer market has expanded rapidly with the growth of e-commerce, digital payments, online services and platform-based transactions. As the volume and complexity of consumer transactions increase, effective mechanisms for resolving disputes over defective goods, deficient services, refunds, unfair practices and other consumer grievances become increasingly important.