Saturday, January 29, 2011

Important Bills

1. Central Information Commission:-
• Central information commission is constituted by the central government through a gazette
notification.
• The commission includes one chief information and not more than 10 information commission.
• All are appointed by the president.
• Oath of office is administered by the president of India according to the form set out in the first
schedule.
• Central information commission and state information commission have power of civil court.
2. Election Commission celebrates diamond jubilee:-
• The president of India recently inaugurated the diamond jubilee celebration of the election
commission of India.
• The commission was set up on Jan 25, 1950. While the rest of the constitution came into force
on Jan 26, 1950.
• Article 324 that created the commission was one of those exceptional provisions given effect as
early as on Nov 26, 1949.
• Until Oct 1989 there was just one chief election commission. In 1991 a law providing for the
appointment of two election commissioners. This law was amended and renamed in 1993.
• The election commission enjoys complete autonomy and is insulated from any kind of
executive interference.
• It also functions as a quasi-judicial body in matters of electoral disputes and other matters
involving the conduct of elections.
• However the decisions of the body are liable for independent judicial reviews by courts acting
on electoral petitions.
Principal functions of Election Commission of India:-
• Demarcation of consistencies
• Preparation of electoral rolls
• Recognition of political parties and allotment of symbols
• Scrutiny of nomination papers
• Conduct of polls
• Scrutiny of election expenses of candidates.
• The national health bill – 2009
• It seeks to provide health , health equity and justice for all Indians
3. National Health Bill- 2009
It seeks to provide health, health equity and justice for all Indians.
Its Important Features are:-
• Right to heath care:- the bill seeks to legalize the right to health care along with other issues
associated with health rights.
• Emergency care:- no individual should be denied emergency treatment because of his inability
to pay fees or due to the requirement for police clearance.
• Patient complaints:- bill seeks to make it mandatory for the hospitals to address patient
complaints on 24x7 basis.
• Name of doctor involved in treatment:- every patient has the right to know the name of
doctor/ nurse involved in his treatment.
4. National Arrears Grid:-
• Union law minister had announced that the national arrears grid and the special purpose vehicle
would implement the action plan to bring down the arrears of cases pending in various courts.
• The action plans should focus on human resource development, infrastructure development and
procedural reforms.
• It is decided that special judges to deal with all pending criminal cases where the term of
sentences was less than 3 years.
• It favored creation of a national pool of judicial officers from retired judges to enable persons
from the pool to be appointed as high court judges.
5. Gram Nyayalayas:-
• The Gram Nyayalayas act 2008 had been enacted to provide for the establishment of the gram
nyayalayas at the grass root level for the purpose of providing access to justice to the citizens at
their door steps.
Salient features:-
• It is aimed at providing inexpensive justice to people in rural areas at their door steps.
• It will have its court of judicial magistrate of the first class and its presiding officers
( Nyayadhikri) shall be appointed by the state government in consultation with the High Court.
• The Gram Nyayalaya shall be established for every panchyats at intermediate level in a district
or where there is no panchayat at intermediate level in any state for a group of contiguous
panchayats.
• Gram nyayalaya shall be a mobile court and shall exercise the powers of both criminal and civil
courts.
• Officiating nyaydhikari will go to villages work there and dispose of the cases.
6. Law commission:-
• It is a non- statutory body.
• Constituted by the government from time to time originally constituted in 1955 and it is
reconstituted every three years.
7. Judges ( inquiry) bill , 2006:-
• The judges ( inquiry ) bill 2006 established a national judicial council ( NJC) to conduct
Inquiries into allegations of incapacity or misbehavior by high court and Supreme Court judges.
• The proposed NJC would consist of the chief justice of India, two Supreme Court judges and
two high court chief justices to investigate high court judge (It has been change again in the new
draft).
• The chief justice of India and four Supreme Court judges to investigate Supreme Court judges.
• The NJC shall investigate complaints submitted by any persons, or upon receiving a references
from parliament based on a motion moved by 50 Rajya Sabha or 100 Lok Sabha m.p.
• If the allegations are proven, the NJC may impose minor measures or recommended the removal of judges. Removal of judges shall be through impeachment by parliament.
8. Biotechnology Regulating Authority of India (BRAI) bill:-
• This Bill would bring about wide ranging changes in the process of regulating research,
transport, import, manufacture and use of G.M product in the country.
Controversy regarding the Bill:-
• According to section 81 of the bill the act will have an overriding effect over other state – level
acts. Activists allege that this ignores the constitutional powers of states over agriculture and
health
• This bill has no provisions for public participation, which is a violation of article 23.2 of the
Cartagena Protocol on bio- safety to which India is a signatory.
• The bill also states that whoever without any evidence or scientific record misleads the public
about the safety of organism and products shall be punished with imprisonment for a term
which shall not be less than six months. But which may extend to one year and with fine which
may extend to two lakh rupees or with both.
• The bill serves to over ride state specific concerns by making the proposed authority solely
responsible for releasing and controlling genetically modified organisms (GMOs) through out
the country and envisages only an advisory role for state.
9. The prohibitions of unfair practices in technical, medical
educations institutions and universities bill:-

• It is drafted by the Human Resource development ministry to provide for a central law to curb
malpractices.
• However in the T.M.A pai , case supreme court held that establishment of private unaided
educational institutions was in the exercise of fundamental rights to occupations under article 19
(1) (g) of the constitution.
10. Communal violence bill:-
• It is communal violence (prevention, control and rehabilitation) bill.
• The bill empowers the centre to intervene to tackle communal violence without the concurrence
of the state government , if it is believe that state is not doing enough to control the violence.
• The bill also empowers the centre to declare any area in any state communally disturbed, if it is
convinced that the state government is not following its directions to control or to check
communal violence.
• The bill gives the central government exclusive power to constitute a unified command to deal
with communal violence.

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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Name of Chief Guests at Republic Day of India

Chief Guests at Republic Day of India (26th January Parades): Since 1950, India has been hosting head of state or government of another country as the state guest of honour for Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi. Since 1955 parade is being presenting at Rajpath. The guest country is chosen after a deliberation of strategic, economic and political interests.

Following is the list of all Chief guest invited to attend Republic Day of India (26th January) since 1950 to 2011:

Year Chief Guest Name Country
1950 President Sukarno Indonesia
1951

1952

1953

1954 King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck Bhutan
1955 Governor General Malik Ghulam Muhammad (first guest for parade at Rajpath) Pakistan
1956

1957

1958 Marshall Ye Jianying People’s Republic of China
1959

1960 President Kliment Voroshilov Soviet Union
1961 Queen Elizabeth II United Kingdom
1962

1963 King Norodom Sihanouk Cambodia
1964

1965 Food and Agriculture Minister Rana Abdul Hamid Pakistan
1966

1967

1968 Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin and President Josip Broz Tito Soviet Union Yugoslavia
1969 Prime Minister of Bulgaria Todor Zhivkov Bulgaria
1970

1971 President Julius Nyerere Tanzania
1972 Prime Minister Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Mauritius
1973 President Mobutu Sese Seko Zaire
1974 President Josip Broz Tito and Prime Minister Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike Yugoslavia Sri Lanka
1975 President Kenneth Kaunda Zambia
1976 Prime Minister Jacques Chirac France
1977 First Secretary Edward Gierek Poland
1978 President Patrick Hillery Ireland
1979 Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser Australia
1980 President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing France
1981 President Jose Lopez Portillo Mexico
1982 King Juan Carlos I Spain
1983 President Shehu Shagari Nigeria
1984 King Jigme Singye Wangchuck Bhutan
1985 President Raúl Alfonsín Argentina
1986 Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou Greece
1987 President Alan Garcia Peru
1988 President Junius Jayewardene Sri Lanka
1989 General Secretary Nguyen Van Linh Vietnam
1990 Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth Mauritius
1991 President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom Maldives
1992 President Mário Soares Portugal
1993 Prime Minister John Major United Kingdom
1994 Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong Singapore
1995 President Nelson Mandela South Africa
1996 President Dr. Fernando Henrique Cardoso Brazil
1997 Prime Minister Basdeo Panday Trinidad and Tobago
1998 President Jacques Chirac France
1999 King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev Nepal
2000 President Olusegun Obasanjo Nigeria
2001 President Abdelaziz Bouteflika Algeria
2002 President Cassam Uteem Mauritius
2003 President Mohammed Khatami Iran
2004 President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Brazil
2005 King Jigme Singye Wangchuck Bhutan
2006 King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud Saudi Arabia
2007 President Vladimir Putin Russia
2008 President Nicolas Sarkozy France
2009 President Nursultan Nazarbayev Kazakhstan
2010 President Lee Myung Bak Republic of Korea
2011 President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Indonesia

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

PADMA AWARDS 2011

The President of India has approved the conferment of Padma Awards-2011. This year the President has approved 128 awards including one duo case (counted as one) and 12 in the category of Foreigners/ NRIs/ PIOs/ Posthumous. These comprise 13 Padma Vibhushan, 31 Padma Bhushan and 84 Padma Shri Awards. There are 31 ladies among the awardees.

Padma Vibhushan

Sl No.

Name

Discipline

State/ Domicile



Dr. (Smt.) Kapila Vatsyayan

Art - Art Administration and Promotion.

Delhi



Mrs. Homai Vyarawalla

Art - Photography

Gujarat



Shri A Nageshwara Rao

Art- Cinema

Andhra Pradesh



Shri Parasaran Kesava Iyengar

Public Affairs

Delhi



Dr. Akhlaq-ur-Rehman Kidwai

Public Affairs

Delhi



Shri Vijay Kelkar

Public Affairs

Delhi



Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia

Public Affairs

Delhi



Shri Palle Rama Rao

Science and Engineering

Andhra Pradesh



Shri Azim Premji

Trade and Industry

Karnataka



Shri Brajesh Mishra

Civil Services

Madhya Pradesh



Prof. (Dr.) Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup

Literature and Education

Kerala



Dr. Sitakant Mahapatra

Literature and Education

Orissa



Late Shri L. C. Jain

Public Affairs

Delhi *

Padma Bhushan

Sl No.

Name

Discipline

State/ Domicile



Shri Satyadev Dubey

Art - Theatre

Maharashtra



Shri Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Hashmi alias Khayyam

Art - Cinema - Music

Maharashtra



Shri Shashi Kapoor

Art - Cinema

Maharashtra



Shri Krishen Khanna

Art - Painting

Haryana



Shri Madavur Vasudevan Nair

Art - Dance - Kathakali

Kerala



Ms. Waheeda Rehman

Art - Cinema

Maharashtra



Shri Rudrapatna Krishna Shastry Srikantan

Art - Music-Vocal

Karnataka



Ms. Arpita Singh

Art - Painting

Delhi



Dr. Sripathi Panditharadhyula Balasubrahmanyam

Art - Playback Singing, Music Direction & acting

Tamil Nadu



Shri C.V. Chandrasekhar

Art - Classical Dance-Bharatanatyam

Tamil Nadu



Shri Dwijen Mukherjee

Art

West Bengal



Smt. Rajashree Birla

Social work

Maharashtra



Mrs. Shobhana Ranade

Social work

Maharashtra



Dr. Suryanarayanan Ramachandran

Science and Engineering

Tamil Nadu



Shri S.(Kris) Gopalakrishnan

Trade and Industry

Karnataka



Shri Yogesh Chander Deveshwar

Trade and Industry

West Bengal



Ms. Chanda Kochhar

Trade and Industry

Maharashtra



Dr. K. Anji Reddy

Trade and Industry- Pharmacy

Andhra Pradesh



Shri Analjit Singh

Trade and Industry

Delhi



Shri Rajendra Singh Pawar

Trade and Industry

Haryana



Dr. Gunapati Venkata Krishna Reddy

Trade and Industry

Andhra Pradesh



Shri Ajai Chowdhary

Trade and Industry

Delhi



Shri Surendra Singh

Civil Services

Delhi



Shri M. N .Buch

Civil Services

Madhya Pradesh



Shri Shyam Saran

Civil Services

Delhi



Shri Thayil Jacob Sony George

Literature and Education

Karnataka



Dr. Ramdas Madhava Pai

Literature and Education

Karnataka



Shri Sankha Ghosh

Literature and Education

West Bengal



Late Shri K. Raghavan Thirumulpad

Medicine - Ayurveda.

Kerala*



Late Dr. Keki Byramjee Grant

Medicine - Cardiology

Maharashtra *



Late Shri Dashrath Patel

Art

Gujarat *

Padma Shri

Sl No.

Name

Discipline

State/ Domicile



Ms. Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry

Art - Theatre

Chandigarh



Shri Makar Dhwaja Darogha

Art- Chhau Dance

Jharkhand



Shri Shaji Neelakantan Karun

Art – Film Direction

Kerala



Shri Girish Kasaravalli

Art - Film making

Karnataka



Ms. Tabassum Hashmi Khan alias Tabu

Art - Cinema

Maharashtra



Shri Jivya Soma Mase

Art - Warli Painting

Maharashtra



Guru (Ms.) M.K. Saroja

Art - Dance- Bharatnatyam

Tamil Nadu



Shri Jayaram Subramaniam

Art - Cinema

Tamil Nadu



Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty

Art - Music-Indian Classical Vocal

West Bengal



Smt. Mahasundari Devi

Art - Mithilia/ Madhubani Painting.

Bihar



Shri Gajam Govardhana

Art - Handloom Weaving

Andhra Pradesh



Ms. Sunayana Hazarilal

Art - Dance - Kathak

Maharashtra



Shri S.R. Janakiraman

Art - Carnatic Vocal Music

Tamil Nadu



Shri Peruvanam Kuttan Marar

Art - Chenda Melam- Drum concert

Kerala



Smt. Kalamandalam Kshemavathy Pavithran

Art - Dance - Mohiniattam

Kerala



Shri Dadi Dorab Pudumjee

Art - Puppetry

Delhi



Shri Khangembam Mangi Singh

Art - Traditional Music of Manipur (Pena)

Manipur



Shri Prahlad Singh Tipaniya

Art - Folk Music

Madhya Pradesh



Smt. Usha Uthup

Art - Music.

West Bengal



Smt. Kajol

Art- Cinema

Maharashtra



Shri Irfan Khan

Art- Cinema

Maharashtra



Shri Mamraj Agrawal

Social work

West Bengal



Shri Jockin Arputham

Social work

Maharashtra



Ms. Nomita Chandy

Social work

Karnataka



Ms. Sheela Patel

Social work

Maharashtra



Ms. Anita Reddy

Social work

Karnataka



Shri Kanubhai Hasmukhbhai Tailor

Social work

Gujarat



Shri Anant Darshan Shankar

Public Affairs

Karnataka



Prof. M. Annamalai

Science and Engineering

Karnataka



Dr. Mahesh Haribhai Mehta

Science and Engineering - Agricultural Science

Gujarat



Shri Coimbatore Narayana Rao Raghavendran

Science and Engineering

Tamil Nadu



Dr. (Mrs.) Suman Sahai

Science and Engineering

Delhi



Prof.(Dr.) E.A. Siddiq

Science and Engineering - Agricultural Science

Andhra Pradesh



Shri Gopalan Nair Shankar

Science and Engineering - Architecture

Kerala



Shri Mecca Rafeeque Ahmed

Trade and Industry

Tamil Nadu



Shri Kailasam Raghavendra Rao

Trade and Industry

Tamil Nadu



Shri Narayan Singh Bhati

Civil Services

Andhra Pradesh



Shri P K Sen

Civil Services

Bihar



Ms. Shital Mahajan

Sports - Adventure Sports- Para Jumping

Maharashtra



Ms. Nameirakpam Kunjarani Devi

Sports - Weightlifting

Manipur



Shri Sushil Kumar

Sports - Wrestling

Delhi



Shri Vangipurapu Venkata Sai Laxman

Sports - Cricket

Andhra Pradesh



Shri Gagan Narang

Sports - Shooting

Andhra Pradesh



Smt. Krishna Poonia

Sports - Discus Throw

Rajasthan



Shri Harbhajan Singh

Sports - Mountaineering

Punjab



Dr. Pukhraj Bafna

Medicine - Padeatrics

Chhattisgarh



Prof. Mansoor Hasan

Medicine- Cardiology

Uttar Pradesh



Dr. Shyama Prasad Mandal

Medicine - Orthopaedic

Delhi



Prof. (Dr.) Sivapatham Vittal

Medicine - Endocrinology

Tamil Nadu



Prof. (Dr.) Madanur Ahmed Ali

Medicine - Gastroenterology

Tamil Nadu



Dr. Indira Hinduja

Medicine - Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

Maharashtra



Dr. Jose Chacko Periappuram

Medicine - Cardio-Thoracic Surgery.

Kerala



Prof. (Dr.) A. Marthanda Pillai

Medicine - Neurosurgery

Kerala



Shri Mahim Bora

Literature and Education

Assam



Prof. (Dr.) Pullella Srirama Chandrudu

Literature and Education- Sanskrit

Andhra Pradesh



Dr. Pravin Darji

Literature and Education

Gujarat



Dr. Chandra Prakash Deval

Literature and Education

Rajasthan



Shri Balraj Komal

Literature and Education

Delhi



Mrs. Rajni Kumar

Literature and Education

Delhi



Dr. Devanooru Mahadeva

Literature and Education

Karnataka



Shri Barun Mazumder

Literature and Education

West Bengal



Dr. Avvai Natarajan

Literature and Education

Tamil Nadu



Shri Bhalchandra Nemade

Literature and Education

Himachal Pradesh



Prof. Riyaz Punjabi

Literature and Education

Jammu and Kashmir



Prof. Koneru Ramakrishna Rao

Literature and Education

Andhra Pradesh



Ms. Buangi Sailo

Literature and Education

Mizoram



Prof. Devi Dutt Sharma

Literature and Education

Uttarakhand



Shri Nilamber Dev Sharma

Literature and Education

Jammu and Kashmir


Ms. Urvashi Butalia #

Literature and Education

Delhi

Ms. Ritu Menon #

Literature and Education

Delhi



Prof. Krishna Kumar

Literature and Education

Delhi



Shri Deviprasad Dwivedi

Literature and Education

Uttar Pradesh



Ms. Mamang Dai

Literature and Education

Arunachal Pradesh



Dr. Om Prakash Agrawal

Others - Heritage Conservation

Uttar Pradesh



Prof. Madhukar Keshav Dhavalikar

Others - Archeology

Maharashtra



Ms. Shanti Teresa Lakra

Others-Nursing

Andaman & Nicobar



Smt. Gulshan Nanda

Others - Handicrafts promotion

Delhi



Dr. Azad Moopen

Social work

UAE *



Prof. Upendra Baxi

Public Affairs -Legal Affairs

United Kingdom *



Dr. Mani Lal Bhaumik

Science and Engineering

USA *



Dr. Subra Suresh

Science and Engineering

USA *



Prof. Karl Harrington Potter

Literature and Education

USA *



Prof. Martha Chen

Social work

USA *



Shri Satpal Khattar

Trade and Industry

Singapore *



Shri Granville Austin

Literature and Education

USA *

Note: * indicates awardees in the category of Foreigners / NRIs/ PIOs/ Posthumous.

# indicates duo case.