Polity & Governance

Topic
Constitution

issues
IPC SECTION 124A
(SEDITION DEBATE)

Current
JNU issue, FOLK SINGER
IN TAMIL NADU ISSUE.

Section 500 Of IPC

(DEFAMATION DEBATE)

Kejriwal defamation case

Section 295 a Of
IPC(Defamation of religion)

Kiku sharda case,Kamlesh

tiwari case.
Porn site banning issue

Section 69a IT Act(website

banning power of the
Government)
Santhara ,euthanasia issue
Right to die
Jallikattu issue
Limits to freedom of
tradition and culture
Section 498a of IPC(dowry
law)
Right to privacy issue

Uniform civil code debate

Interstate river water
dispute

Recent Cases of misuse of

dowry law
Supreme court judgement
on Aadhar related to right
to privacy.
Supreme court leaves UCC
issue to Parliament.
Recent Krishna river
dispute
Delhi statehood debate

Article 239AA

Merger of OCI and PIO

card

Citizenship issues

Section 377 Debate

Article 370 Debate

Supreme court referred

plea against section 377 to
5 judge bench.

Parliament

Relevance of Rajya Sabha

Money bill certification

power of Loksabha speaker

Frequent resort to
ordinance

Frequent disruption of
Parliament and its impact

Codification of
parliamentary privileges.

Role played by Rajya

sabha in stalling
important bills since last 2
years.
Recent incidents of
Tagging normal bill as
money bill to bypass Rajya
sabha scrutiny
8 ordinance in first 225
days of modi govt
Half Of Rajya Sabha's
Time, Rs. 9.9 Crore
Wasted On Disruptions in
the winter session in
2015.
No Leader of opposition in
the current lok Sabha.

Leader of opposition issue

in the lok sabha
Pre legislative consultation
Should CAG be made
accountable to Parliament

Make CAG accountable to

Parliament:PAC

Anti-defection issue
Case filed by Jayaprada
and Amar Singh on
reviewing anti-defection
rule.

Bills, ordinance and Acts

Whistleblower protection

Recent amendments to
Whistleblowers
protection Act.

Vulnerable sections issue

(a) Juvenile justice

care bill.
(b) Right with persons
of disability bill
2014
(c) Recent
Amendment to

SC/ST act 1988.

(d) Child Labour
amendment bill.
Repeal of outdated laws

The repealing and

amendment bill 2015

Corruption and black

money

Black money bill 2014

The Benami
Transactions (Prohibition)
Amendment Bill, 2015
The Prevention of
Corruption (Amendment)
Bill, 2013

Mining sector reform

Real estate sector reform

The Mines and Minerals

(Development and
Regulation) Amendment
Bill, 2015.
District Mineral
foundation and associated
issues

Real estate (regulation

and development bill)
2013.
The Commercial Courts,
Commercial Division and
Commercial Appellate
Division of High Courts
Bill, 2015 .
The Enemy Property
(Amendment and
Validation) Ordinance
The Arbitration and
Conciliation (Amendment)
Bill,

Centre State relations

Use of Article 356

Aruanchal Pradesh crisis

Cooperative federalism
debate

Implementation of
recommendations of 14th
Finance commission.
Recent issues related to
Appointment and
dismissal of governors of
the state.

Section 435 of the Code of

Criminal Procedure.

Centrally sponsored
schemes in India

Governance

Rajiv Gandhi assassination

issue

Recommendation of
Subcommittee of CM On
centrally sponsored
scheme.
Flexi fund for CSS.

Debate on creation of new

states in India

Gorkhaland
issue,bodoland,Vidharba
issue,Harit Pradesh etc

RTI

10 years completed of RTI

Political parties and RTI
Impact of RTI + issues
related to RTI

MNREGA

10 Years of MNREGA
Debate on usefulness of
MNREGA

NGO, civil society and SHG

issues

Recent amendments and

misuse of FCRA
provisions, Greenpeace

issue,Teesta setalwad
issue, Issue of lack of
accountability and
transparency of NGO and
civil society
Planning related issue
Analysis of working of
NITI aayog, NDC is
scrapped
Supreme court decision
on government ads.
Policy paralysis
Issues related to
governance of sports
bodies
Panchayat issues
Social audit

Scrapping of GOM and EGOM

Lodha committee to fix
bcci
Recent decision of
Rajasthan and Haryana to
fix minimum qualification
for contesting Local
elections

Civil service reform

Protection only for honest
public servants under
section 197 of Crpc: apex
court.
Credibility crisis of CBI
Ranjit Sinha controversy

Elections

Electoral reforms

Recent Election
commission demand for
reforms in Power and
functioning of election
commission.
Debate on Should NRI Be
allowed to vote through epostal ballot

COMPULSORY VOTING IN
ELECTIONS

Gujrat become the first

state to impose
compulsory voting In local
body elections

ISSUE OF Paid news

Judiciary

First past the post system

vs. proportional
representation debate

Recent mismatch between

number of seats won and
number of votes gathered
in elections

Judicial Appointment issue

NJAC declared
unconstitutional by
Supreme court

Reforms needed in criminal

justice system

Recent Statistics on under

trials

Supreme court & RTI

Supreme Court dismisses

plea for information on
pending judgements
under RTI Act

Peformance of Lok adalats

Recently Lok adalats

solved 1.25 crore cases in
a day.

Capital punishment debate

Hanging of Yakoob
Memon

Debates on contempt of
court provision
Judicial activism vs judicial
overreach debate

Health &Education

Autonomy of Higher
educational institution

IIM bill 2015

Choice based credit
system

Analysis of performance of
RTE.
Entry of foreign

ASER Report 2015

Niti Aayog tasked to
prepare a framework for

universities in India: pros

and cons

opening doors to foreign

universities.

Improvement in the
indicators of family health
in India

NFHS 2015,RSOC 2015