Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Committees, Cases and Statistics
Committees, Cases and Statistics
Judgements Polity
Judiciary: Judiciary
Tribunals: L. Chandrakumar 1997 ADR: Justice B.N. Srikrishna
Separation with Legislature: Indira Gandhi vs Raj Narayan 1975 (39th CAA) AIJS: Shetty Commission (National Judicial Pay Commission-1999)
Elections: Reforms: Law Commission report (always mention)
RTI about candidate information: UoI vs ADR 2002 Tribunals:
Section 8(4) of RPA 1951: Ramesh Dalal vs UoI 2005 Swaran Singh Committee (42nd ©AA)
— do — is unconstitutional: Lily Thomas vs UoI 2013 Malimath Committee: End tribunal system (Reforms to Criminal Justice
NOTA: PUCL vs UoI 2013 System)
Dispose off cases in 1 year: Public Interest Foundation vs UoI 2014 Elections:
Spouse Info: Lok Prahari State Funding: Dinesh Goswami, Indrasen Gupta
Legislature: Legislature:
Anti Defection Law: Kihoto Hollohan vs Zachilhu 1992 Anti Defection Law: NCRWC, Dinesh Goswami, Election Commission, LC
Speaker Money Bill: Jairam Ramesh on Aadhar Bill Executive:
Domicile Status in Rajya Sabha: Kuldeep Nayyar Case (Open Ballot President Rule: Rajamannar Committee
Also) Parliamentary Privileges > FoSE: MSM Sharma Case / Centre State Relations:
Searchlight Case Ordinances: Sarkaria
Cooper Case 1970 Puncchi
Wadhwa Case 1987
Krishna Kumar Singh vs State of Bihar 2017 Economics and Agriculture Committees
Executive:
Budgeting:
Constitutional Position of the President:
FRBM Review: NK Singh
Ram Jawaya vs State of Punjab 1955
Planned Non Planned Expenditure: Rangarajan (2012), Vimal Jalan (2015)
Shamsher Singh vs State of Punjab 1974
Expenditure Management: Vimal Jalan (2015)
UN Rao vs Indira Gandhi 1971
Calendar for Budget: Shankaracharya
Office of Governor
Fiscal Policy:
Brijmohan Lal case (Pleasure is not absolute)
GST: Kelkar Committee, 2004 (setup for implementing FRBM)
B P Singhal case (Removal can be JRed)
Direct Tax Codes: Arvind Modi
Raghukul Tilak (Its not an office under government)
Overhauling IT Act 1961 provisions: RV Easwar
Nebam Rebia (Discretion is subject able to Judicial Review)
Monetary Policy
Inviting to form government: Rameshwar Prasad vs UoI 2005, Sarkaria also
Banking Reforms: Narsimhan Committee
President Rule: Bommai Judgement 1994
Financial Inclusion: Nachiket Mor (Payment Banks and SFBs)
National Emergency: Minerva Mills 1980
Bad Bank: Sunil Mehta
IBC: Vishwanathan Committee
Employment and Unorganised Sector: Arjun Sengupta
Micro Finance Based Credit: Malegam Committee
Agriculture
MSP and Procurement: Shanta Kumar
Marketing: Shankar Guru (Model APMC)
Doubling Farmer Income: Ashok Dalwai
Corporate Governance: Kumar Mangalam Birla, Narayan Murthy, Uday Kotak
Legalising Gambling: B.S. Chauhan Law Commission
Infrastructure:
Oil Pricing Policy: Kirit Parikh Committee
Cases / CA on FRs
Gini Coefficient:
MUDRA Loans:
Consumption : 0.37
78% are women
Income: 0.55
> 50% are SC, ST and OBCs
Urbanization Education
Elections Legislature
Tourism Banking
Rank: 40th/136 in Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report Banking Fraud losses: 70,000 crore in 3 years 2015-18
139 borrowers with Gross NPA of more than 1000 crore
7th in contribution to GDP
World Travel and Tourism Council:
NPA Asset ratios increased to 11.6% for SCBs and 15.6% for PSBs
8% Employment contribution
9.4% GDP contribution in 2017 Fall in Bank share in new credit to 35%
Agriculture Economy
Cropping: GDP:
192 mn hectares — Gross Sown Area 2.4 trillion USD
140 mn hectares — Net Sown Area 17 - 28 - 55 % contributions
Only 0.5kg/ha average Pesticide Usage GNPPPP Per Capita: USD 5663
17% Women contribution
Cereals: Wheat (14) + Rice (25) : 39%
Pulses: 14% Development Indices:
HDI: 0.624 (131st) → medium developed
Production (2016-17): i-HDI: 27% lesser
Food Grain: 275 mnT Gender Development Index: 127 / 188 (0.745)
Horticulture: 300 mnT Happiness Index: 122/155
Inclusive Development Index: 62nd/ 103
Disasters:
FAO: > 25% of losses due to disasters is met by Agriculture sector Deficits:
INCLUDE FISHERIES and FORESTRY AS WELL!!! CAD: 0.6% in 2016-17 → 1.9% in 2017-18
LIVESTOCK Losses also Trade Deficit: 4.8% in 2016-17 → 6% in 2017-18
Irrigation: Fiscal Deficit: 3.5% (3.3% next year)
Full Irrigation potential: 140 mn at present
Primary Deficit: 0.1%
400 BCM freshwater but only 100 BCM utilised
60% GSA in rainfed GDPMP Growth Rate: [2016-17 → 2017-18]
Efficiencies: Canal(38%), Tubewell(65%), Drip and Sprinkler(90%) Overall : 7.1% → 6.5%
Credit: Agriculture and Allied: 4.9 → 2.1%
40% informal credit through money lenders Industry: 5.6 → 4.4%
44% SCBs Services: 7.7 → 8.3%
12% Cooperatives
4% RRBs Subsidies:
Food: 0.8% GDP (1.4 lakh cr) (highest)
Allied Sectors: Fertiliser: 0.5% GDP (0.7 lakh cr) (2nd highest)
Horticulture : 30% Agri GDP 40% Leakages
Animal Rearing: 25% Agri GDP Top 10 Centrally Sponsored Schemes: ~1.4% GDP
Fishery: 5% Agri GDP
Logistic Costs: 14% of total cost [US - 8%, EU - 10%]
Dairy: 176.4 MMT Production
Taxation:
SECC Data: Tax payers: only 4.86% — ~ 6crore
54 million Households without any land GST:
Most deprived section of the economy Tax net: 65 lakh → 110 lakh (70% increase)
25% own irrigated land Revenue Growth: 11%
Rural income source: Buoyancy of 1.14 as compared to 0.9 earlier
51% Casual Labour Indirect - Direct :: 52 - 48
30% Cultivation
AIR INDIA: $8.5 billion Debt burden
Average Agrarian HH Debt: 47000
Average HH Income: 74000
Rural Debt:
Corporate Governance: 41% not following
More than 50% of agriculture households have more debt than income — NABARD
Data
Non Farming Income:
40% of total rural income
40% have 0 NFI
MSP Benefits: Only 6% (Shanta Kumar Committee)
Edible Oil Imports: 68,000 cr → 70% Palm Oil
Farmer Suicides: 72% Small and Marginal Farmers
Industry Employment:
Ease of Doing Business: 100 th Informal workers: 92% (2009 - Arjun Sengupta)
Employed: 40.5 cr
Best: Protecting Minority Investors, Getting credit and Getting electricity
Unemployed: 1.4 crore
Worst: Enforcing contracts, Construction permits, Starting a business
Self Employed / Casual / Contract Labour: 83%
Self Employed: 52%
CSR: 41% firms didn’t contribute as per mandate
Formal Employment:
Social Security → 7.5 cr (31% of non-agri jobs)
Foreign Trade:
Tax Filing → 12.7 cr (53% of non-agri jobs)
Total Exports: USD 480bn
NREGA:
From SEZ: USD 18 bn (expected 73 bn)
65% beneficiaries are non-poor — IHDS
40% Jobs to Women (instead of mandated 33%)
E-Commerce Sector: 53 billion with CAGR of nearly 20-25%
Textile: 4% GDP, 2nd Highest Employment Only 2% workforce is skilled in India
10 lakh workers entering Labour Force every year, but huge unemployment
Energy Sector
Transport Governance
Freight: 57% Roads, 30% Rail, 6.5% Shipping ULBs: Self Generate 44% of their funds
Costs: 2.58, 1.41, 1.06 RLBs: Rely 95% on devolution
Roads:
Average development speed: 27 km per day Per-capita income: 3% for ULB and 0.1% of RLB
Deaths: 1 every 3.5 minutes
Economic Loss: 3% GDP annually due to road accidents RTI:
4-5 million applications per year; 1.84 lakh pendency per year
Penalty and Fines in only 2% cases
Death of nearly 40-50 activists
Health Pollution:
WHO DB: Top 14/15 are Indian cities
HIV AIDS:
~6.2% global economy loss due to air pollution
2.1 million PLHIV
Life Expectancy decreases by 3 years due to pollutants
UNAIDS 2018 Report:
Only 4% of World’s Freshwater Resources
27% reduction in new infections
120/122 in Water Quality Index
56% reduction in deaths between 2010-17
Plastic:
Improved TB-HIV links - 90% screened
Over 15000 tonne per day generated by 60 cities in 2015
75% know their status
13 mn tonne Plastic entering oceans per year
Sex Ratio:
1033 (elderly)
927 → 919 (Child)
933 → 943 (overall)