Rakesh Garhwal

Join Telegram Channel Why in News According to the National Election Watch (NEW) and Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR), in the Assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, at least 1,157 out of 6,318 candidates have criminal cases against them. •NEW is a nationwide campaign since 2002 comprising more than 1200 Non- governmental Organizations (NGOs) and other citizen led organizations working  together on electoral reforms, improving democracy and governance in India. •ADR is an Indian NGO established in 1999 situated in New Delhi. Key Points •About: • The criminalization of politics means the participation of criminals in politics  which includes that criminals can contest in the elections and get elected as  members of the Parliament and the State legislature. It takes place primarily  due to the nexus between politicians and criminals. Legal Aspect of Disqualification of Criminal Candidates •In this regard, Indian Constitution ...

Why in News: In a recent reply in the Parlaiment, the government disclosed that between 1 st April and 30th November, 2015, 25,357 cases were registered under police category which included 111 deaths in police custody, 330 cases of custodial torture and 24,916 in others. •This data again lays emphasis on the need to make police accountable and carry  out police reforms. Key Points •Police Reforms (Meaning): • Police reforms aim to transform the values, culture, policies and practices of  police organizations. • It envisages police to perform their duties with respect for democratic values,  human rights and the rule of law. • It also aims to improve how the police interact with other parts of the security  sector, such as the courts and departments of corrections, or executive,  parliamentary or independent authorities with management or oversight  responsibilities. • Police come under the state list of schedule 7 of the Indian constitution. Issues Concern...

A factor leading to the psychological problem increasing among the students and how to deal with it.  Hello to all, the psychological problem in the current generation of students is common. There are lots of reasons behind this, some of them are I am trying to explain here, that is:- 1. Fear of society & Parents:-  As we all know that nowadays Children's neighbours are more concerned than children's parents, Not because they want the best for the child, but because that child does not overtake their child. For this reason, parents always force the child to study and give an example to the neighbour's child by using famous line "Ki Dekh Chintu is 1st rank hai, Tu to Aise hi rah Jayega", and for this reason, even if the child knows, then he is not able to perform and gradually becomes nervous. 2. Making Fun of Weak Students in the Class:- As we know all fingers aren't the same, in the same way, all students in the class are not the same, they having differe...

How to Tackle Naxalism in India? ✔️Naxalism & Maoism ●The term Naxalism derives its name from the village Naxalbari of West Bengal. It originated as rebellion against local landlords by the ideologues of left-wing extrem groups for rightful redistribution of the land to working peasants.  ◆These extremists were known as naxals and their movement was called as naxal movement, which has, later spread across the Eastern India; in less developed areas of states such as Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.  ●The naxals supported Maoist political ideology and outfits. Maoism is a variant of communism developed by Mao Tse Tung. The Maoist insurgency doctrine glorifies violence as the primary means to overwhelm the existing democratic state structure . ✔️Reasons for the Spread of Naxalism ●Land Reforms: The failure of implementation of land reforms (land ceiling and redistribution of land to landless) that affected both social and economic conditions of the people. ●Social ine...

Compulsory Military Training ●it is a form of compulsory enlistment of local people in national service or military service. It is something that is going on from ages in some places, and really helped people.  ●In India also, some people are in favor of compulsory military training. They want the central government to seriously consider the proposal of military training in educational institutes. Arguments in favour - ◆India faces the shortage of military officers, and the step could help the government to get the required number. ◆It will provide a morale boost and a stronger representation to the army brigade of Himachal Pradesh. ◆The restructuring of regiments by making military training compulsory will lower down the walls of differences between rural and urban India, the different states and the communities. ◆The compulsory military training will be a form of vocational training that will utilize some years of youth life for constructive purposes. ◆Military training will inst...

» Renewable Energy This refers to a renewable source of energy like wind, sun, and biomass. Wind energy, solar energy, and biogas energy along with suitable devices are used in domestic and agricultural purposes. This type of energy can be used for cooking, heating water, lighting, water distillation, water pumping, electric generation, and food processing. Renewable energy is inexhaustible in nature. Wind Energy – Electricity generation, water pumping Solar Energy – Solar lighting, solar refrigeration, solar dryers, cooker, lantern, solar still Tidal Energy – Electricity generation Biomass Energy – Pyrolysis, gasifiers, biogas Geothermal Energy – Electricity and heat production Merits – No danger of depletion Inexhaustible, reproducible in nature Power plants running on renewable energy have no fuel cost and hence, have a negligible operating cost More site-specific (used for local processing) No need for distribution and transmission of power Low energy density Do not pose a threat t...

Constitution is a set of document written or unwritten by which governance of a country can be carried out. Need of the Constitution: 1. It brings together people from different groups such as religion, society, philosophy etc. 2. It set the basic structure of the governing machinery of the country such as Legislature, Executive and Judiciary and maintain thier balacne. 3. It defines the power of the government and set limit to it extent. 4. It provide a basic set of rights to the citizens against the tyranny of the government, in order to bring wholesome psycho-social development of the people. 5. It provides the bedrock platform for the democracy to thrive, which is in essence is very basic need to have the constitution. Thus, constitution is very much needed for justice, liberty, equality, fraternity, freedom, ideals which are enshrined in the preamble of the Indian constitution.