The year that is drawing to a close has been violent, dominated by war and civil war, war-induced starvation and disease, economic slowdown, climate change-induced extreme weather events, and the rise of right-wing politics in different parts of the world, creating schism and violence.
Do the laws that replace IPC, CrPC, and the Evidence Act work to enhance the accountability of the state to the people?
If the government can arbitrarily class any Bill as a Money Bill, its passage in Lok Sabha is enough to make it law; that would make the Rajya Sabha redundant
Funding politics directly by the public, with every paisa automatically accounted for, would make parties accountable to the people.
A process that started in August 2019 finally culminated this week when the Supreme Court placed its seal of approval on the Narendra Modi government's decision to revoke Article 370 of the Constitution. On 5 August 2019, Home Minister Amit Shah announced in parliament the scrapping of Article 370, which had exempted Jammu and Kashmir from the Indian Constitution (except Article 1 and Article 370 itself) and permitted the state to draft its own Constitution. india
Election analysis is now entertainment feeding hyper-nationalism, and where critical debate and reflection are missing.
Reservation is a tool that enables access to those for whom it has been long denied. Until caste discrimination persists, there is no question of withdrawing caste-based affirmative action.