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Money Laundering News: Enforcement Directorate summons actor Ranbir Kapoor in Mahadev betting app case. About the case Allegedly, the app uses a book betting application for user enrollment and money laundering through benami accounts. Extensive hawala operations were done to redirect betting profits offshore. The Mahadev Online Book App is headquartered in the UAE. About …
Read MoreWomen’s quota, panchayats to Parliament
Relevance GS Paper 2, Parliament, Issues Related to Women, Executive, State Legislature, Government Policies & Interventions, Indian Constitution, Gender. Tags:#Women’s quota, #Women’s reservation, #Women in panchayat Why in the news? The landmark Women’s Reservation Bill — now the Constitution (106th Amendment) Act — that reserves one-third of the total seats in the Lok Sabha and …
Read MoreKeeping tabs on carbon with an accounting system
Relevance GS Paper – 3, Environmental Pollution & Degradation. Tags: #CarbonAccounting #Nationalcarbonaccounting(NCA)system. Why in the news? The ‘climate poly-crisis’ — a term made popular by Adam Tooze — refers to the interconnected and compounding crises related to climate change that are affecting the planet not just in a few sectors but across several sectors and …
Read MoreQ. Citizens’ Charters only have a symbolic presence and have not been successful in making a difference in altering the state of public administration and service delivery in India. Discuss.
Approach Introduce by giving a brief account of Citizens’ Charters. Discuss the significance of Citizens’ Charters. Enlisting the reasons, discuss how far the Citizens’ Charters have been effective in improving the state of public administration and service delivery in India. Conclude by suggesting a way forward. Answer A Citizen’s Charter is a document, …
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