Syllabus: Polity Source: TH Context: Private Member’s Bills (PMBs) have witnessed sharp decline in deliberation despite their democratic significance. NHRC, experts, and MPs urge procedural reforms to revive PMBs as tools of legislative innovation and independent expression. About Private Member’s Bills (PMBs): What it is? A Private Member’s Bill is a legislative proposal introduced by …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Protection of Vulnerable Sections of the society. Context: For five years, Ninong Ering, a Congress MLA from Pasighat West in Arunachal Pradesh, has championed legislating menstrual leave into law. In November 2017, as a Lok Sabha MP, Ering introduced the Menstruation Benefit Bill 2017, a private member’s bill, in …
GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States, issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure, devolution of powers and finances up to local levels and challenges therein. Context: As many as 153 private members’ Bills were introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday, including one that seeks protection …
Topics Covered: Functions and responsibilities of the Union and the States, issues and challenges pertaining to the federal structure, devolution of powers and finances up to local levels and challenges therein. Private member’s Bill What to study? For prelims: Private Member’s Bill- introduction and procedure followed. For mains: Issues associated and why are they not …
