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Real Estate Regulation Bill, 2013: Civil Services Mentor Magazine - November 2013

REAL ESTATE REGULATION BILL, 2013

The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2013 has been introduced in the Rajya Sabha. Housing minister Girija Vyas said the bill seeks to establish the Real Estate Regulatory Authority to protect the interest of consumers in the real estate sector. Vyas also said the bill is for regulation and promotion of the real estate sector and to ensure sale of plot, apartment of building, as the case may be, in an efficient and transparent manner.

The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2013 is a pioneering initiative to protect the interest of consumers, to promote fair play in real estate transactions and to ensure timely execution of projects. The Bill has been prepared by the Government after extensive consultations with States, experts and stakeholders. The Bill has been supported by the States along with Ministry of Consumer Affairs, the Competition Commission and Tariff Commission among others.

The Bill is being proposed under Entries 6, 7 and 46 of the Concurrent List of the Constitution of India, which deals with Transfer of Property, Registration of Deeds and Documents, and Contracts.

Manual Scavenging: Who can Abolish This?: Civil Services Mentor Magazine - November 2013

MANUAL SCAVENGING: WHO CAN ABOLISH THIS?

The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Bill, 2013 received assent of the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee. With this, the Bill became an Act on 19 September 2013.

Lok Sabha, the Lower House of the Parliament, on 6 September 2013, passed the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Bill, 2012. The Bill was moved by the Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Kumari Selja. The Bill seeks to prohibit employment of individuals as the manual scavengers, while at the same time providing for the rehabilitation of people involved in this kind of work.

What is Manual Scavenging?

Manual Scavenging refers to the process of removal of human waste or excreta from the unsanitary dry toilets that do not have a connection to the sewer system. This practice is primarily archetypical to South Asia. In the year 1933, legislation was passed in India for banning manual scavenging. However, the legislation was not implemented widely. In February 2013, Delhi became the first state in India to ban manual scavenging.

Right to Cast Negative Vote, Will This Improve Democracy: Civil Services Mentor Magazine - November 2013

RIGHT TO CAST NEGATIVE VOTE, WILL THIS IMPROVE DEMOCRACY

India’s top court ruled that voters should be given the right to cast negative votes against candidates in future elections. The Supreme Court ordered the Election Commission to provide the option in electronic voting machines and paper ballots. The ruling came after a petition was filed by the People’s Union for Civil Liberties, a rights group. N. Gopalasami, a former chief election commissioner, said the court’s decision would force political parties to select clean candidates. Negative votes will not impact election results because they won’t be counted, but they will be made public, Gopalasami said. The Supreme Court has been trying to clean up Indian politics. It ruled in July that convicted lawmakers must be removed from office.

The apex court directed the Election Commission to provide ‘none of the above options’ at the end of the list of candidates in electronic voting machines (EVMs) and ballot papers to allow voters to reject those contesting polls. A bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam said that negative voting would foster purity and vibrancy of elections and ensure wide participation as people who are not satisfied with the candidates in the fray would also turn up to express their opinion rejecting contestants. It said that the concept of negative voting would bring a systemic change in the election process as the political parties will be forced to project clean candidates in polls. The bench noted that the concept of negative voting is prevalent in 13 countries and even in India, parliamentarians are given an option to press the button for abstaining while voting takes place in the House. The court said right to reject candidates in elections is part of fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression given by the Constitution to Indian citizens. It said that democracy is all about choice and significance of right of citizens to cast negative voting is massive.

US Government Shutdown: Why Don’t Obama Care: Civil Services Mentor Magazine - November 2013

US GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN: WHY DON’T OBAMA CARE

The US government. entered a shutdown suspending discretionary services deemed “non-essential” by the Antideficiency Act. As a result of the government’s failure to enact regular appropriations or a continuing resolution for the 2014 fiscal year. Appropriations have lapsed and approximately 800,000 federal employees have been indefinitely furloughed without pay, while a further 1.3 million “essential” employees are required to report to work indefinitely but will not be paid until a budget is passed.

This is the first U.S. federal government shutdown since the shutdown of 1995 and 1996. The United States federal government has shut down on 18 occasions since 1976, although only the shutdown of 1995–96 both involved the entire federal government and lasted longer than four days.

Why this happened?

The Federal government had no choice. The US financial year ended on 30 September, and politicians on Capitol Hill have failed to agree a new budget for the 2013- 2014 financial year. Even a ‘stopgap’ funding deal proved beyond them. Without a budget deal approved by both parts of Congress, the House of Representative and the Senate, there’s no legal agreement to pay non-essential staff.

(Final Result) UPSC: NDA & NA (I) 2013

Union Public Service Commission

Final Result - NDA & NA (I) 2013

The following is list, in order of merit of 469 candidates, who have qualified on the basis of the results of the Written Examination held by the Union Public Service Commission in April, 2013 and the subsequent Interviews held by the Services Selection Board, of the Ministry of Defence for admission to the Army, Navy and Air Force wings of National Defence Academy for the 131st Course and Naval Academy for the 93rd Indian Naval Academy Course (INAC) commencing from 2nd January, 2014. For detailed information regarding the date of commencement of the above courses, please visit the websites of Ministry of Defence i.e., www. joinindianarmy.nic.in or indianarmy.gov.in.

2. The results of Medical Examination have not been taken into account in preparing these lists.

UPSCPORTAL Daily Dose in Hindi (रोजाना समाचार, वस्तुनिष्ठ प्रश्न, ऑडियो नोट्स) "29 नवम्बर, 2013"

UPSCPORTAL Daily Dose in Hindi

दैनिक खुराक (दैनिक समसामयिकी, वस्तुनिष्ठ प्रश्न, ऑडियो नोट्स) "29 नवम्बर, 2013"

समसमायिक रोजाना ऑडियो नोट्स:

  • चर्चा का विषय: भारत में प्राथमिक शिक्षा की स्थिति
  • सहभागी: प्रो0. अमरजीत सिंह नारंग (इग्नू), प्रशांत सूद (आई. ए. एन. एस.)

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Haryana PSC : Result of Research Officer/ Planning Officer/ District Statistical Officer and Assistant Employment Officer - 2013

Haryana Public Service Commission

On the basis of interviews held recently, the Haryana Public Service Commission has finalized the following results. The candidates bearing the following Roll Numbers have been selected. The result has been shown roll number wise and category wise wherever required.

Post and Department Name :

(Download) Free Digital Magazine: Civil Services Mentor, November 2013


Free Digital Magazine: Civil Services Mentor, November 2013

Issue : November 2013
Size: 3.95 MB
File Type: Zipped PDF
Publisher : UPSCPORTAL.COM 

Table of Contents:

Articles:

  • US Government Shutdown: Why Don’t Obama care
  • Right to Cast Negative Vote, will this improve democracy
  • Manual Scavenging: Who can abolish this?
  • UN General Assembly - Key Issues At the 68th Session
  • Real Estate Regulation Bill, 2013
  • Selected Articles from Various Newspapers & Journals

(Syllabus) Prelim Examination - Syllabus (Law)

Preliminary Examination Syllabus  - Law

GROUP - A

CONSTITTION OF INDIA :

NICL-GIC : Re Written Exam of Administrative Officer held on 08.09.2013

Re: Written Examination held on 08/09/2013 for the post of Administrative Officer (AO)

Consequent upon holding of the Recruitment Examination on 8th September, 2013 for the post of Administrative Officer (both Generalist & Specialist disciplines), the management of 4 Public Sector General Insurance Companies had received complaints and representations from various quarters alleging

(Syllabus) Prelim Examination - Syllabus (Fisheries)

Preliminary Examination Syllabus  - Fisheries

* Basic principles of aquaculture. Origin growth and present global and national scenario. Prospects of aquaculture in relation to the national and state economy.

UPSCPORTAL Daily Dose in Hindi (रोजाना समाचार, वस्तुनिष्ठ प्रश्न, ऑडियो नोट्स) "25 नवम्बर, 2013"

UPSCPORTAL Daily Dose in Hindi

दैनिक खुराक (दैनिक समसामयिकी, वस्तुनिष्ठ प्रश्न, ऑडियो नोट्स) "25 नवम्बर, 2013"

समसमायिक रोजाना ऑडियो नोट्स:

  • चर्चा का विषय: मामलों के त्वरित निपटारे के लिए लोक अदालतें
  • सहभागी: डाॅ0. सूरत सिंह (अधिवक्ता - सर्वोच्च न्यायालय), सत्य प्रकाश (विधिक संपादक - हिंदुस्तान टाइम्स)

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