General Awareness

15 Points Programme for Minorities Welfare Schemes

The Prime Minister’s New 15-Point Programme for Minorities is a programme launched by the Indian government for the welfare of religious minorities in response to reports by committees such as the Sachar Committee Report, which highlighted that minorities, particularly Muslims, in the country were frequently in worse socioeconomic and political condition than communities such as […]

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124th Constitution Amendment Bill 2019

From time to time, the Indian government has taken steps to uplift the underprivileged sections of society. The government introduced the 124th Constitution Amendment bill (2019), which proposed amendment to Article 15 (reservation in educational institutions) and amendment to Article 16 (reservation in jobs) to provide the state power to make special provisions for the

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10% Quota Bill on Reservation for Economically Weaker Sections

The Government of India adopted a 10% reservation quota for the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) in 2019 under the Constitution’s 124th Amendment Bill. This was to make higher education and government more accessible to the EWS group. Essentially, this amendment to Article 15 allows the state to make limited reservations for direct employment and higher

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(MTCR): Missile Technology Control Regime

The MTCR stands for Missile Technology Control Regime, a Multilateral Export control regime. This multilateral export control is a group formed by countries that have contributed to the non-proliferation of mass destruction of weapons.  Under the Multilateral Export control, there are namely four working groups like the The Nuclear Supplier Group(NSG) controls nuclear-related issues. The

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