Source: PIB Context: The PM has congratulated new homeowners in Bengaluru’s first project under SWAMIH Fund which has helped more than 3000 families in owning their dream homes. What is the SWAMIH Investment Fund? The Special Window for Affordable and Mid-Income Housing (SWAMIH) is a social impact fund specifically formed (in 2019) for …
Facts for Prelims (FFP) Source: TH Context: The SC has taken on board a plea to stop using religious identity as a criterion to afford or deny communities a place within the Scheduled Caste bracket. The petition: Has challenged the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order 1950 issued under Article 341(1) of the Constitution. Article 341 …
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GS Paper 2 Syllabus: Mechanisms, Laws, Institutions and Bodies constituted for the Protection and Betterment of Vulnerable Sections Source: TH Context: According to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE), all unsanitary latrines had been made sanitary under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan and the problem of manual scavenging is eliminated. The practice …
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GS Paper 2 Syllabus: Indian Constitution/ Functions and Responsibilities of the Union and the States/ Functioning of the Judiciary Source: TH Context: A High Court, under Article 226 (its writ jurisdiction) of the Constitution, does not have the power to issue a direction to the Centre to invoke Article 355. Writs in the …
