What is Srikrishna Committee on Telangana

What is Srikrishna Committee on Telangana or the Committee for Consultations on the Situation in Andhra Pradesh  (CCSAP)

Srikrishna Committee on Telangana or the Committee for Consultations on the Situation in Andhra Pradesh (CCSAP) is a committee headed by former chief justice B. N. Srikrishna to look into the demand for separate statehood for Telangana or keep the State united in the present form, Andhra Pradesh.^[1] The committee was constituted by the Government of India in 3 February 2010 and submitted its report on 30 December 2010 to the Ministry of Home Affairs. It toured all the regions of state extensively and invited people from all sections of the society to give their opinion on the statehood. It received over one lakh petitions and representations from political parties, organisations, NGOs and individuals. It also held consultations with political parties and general public while also factoring in the impact of recent developments on different sections of people such as women, children, students, minorities, Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.^[2] The report was released to the public on the internet on 6 January 2011.




Other members of the committee are

• Vinod Duggal - former Union Home Secretary
• Ravindar Kaur - professor at IIT Delhi
• Abusaleh Sharif - Ph.D is a Senior Research Fellow at the New Delhi Office of International Food Policy Research Institute
• Prof. (Dr.) Ranbir Singh, Vice-Chancellor - National Law University

What is a Consolidated Fund?

What is a Consolidated Fund

 

The Term Consolidate Fund  is used to refer the main Bank Account of the Government in  many of the countries in the Commonwealth Nations.

Suresh Tendulkar's Commitee:

Suresh Tendulkar's Commitee:

Suresh Tendulkar Committee realtes to determining the people living under poverty line in India.
This commitee was headed by the Suresh D. Tendulkar. He was an eminent economist and former chief of National Statistical Commision. Tendulkar was a member of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) from 2004 to 2008 and as its Chairman from 2008 to 2009 when C. Rangarajan vacated the post to enter the Rajya Sabha.

What is a Money Bill:

Under the Constitution, the Bills concerning public finance can be divided into three categories:

(a) Money Bills proper i.e., Bills exclusively dealing with matters mentioned in all or any of the clauses of article 110.

(b) Other Financial Bills dealing with any of the matters specified in clauses (a) to (f) of article 110 and also other matters.

(c) Bills other than those falling under (a) and (b) but involving expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of India.

Money Bills are defined in article 110. Other Financial Bills falling under (b) and (c) are covered by article 117, clauses (1) and (3) thereof respectively.

Other details about  money bill:

1. Money Bills can be introduced only in Lok Sabha (the directly elected 'people's house' of the Indian Parliament).
2. Money bills passed by the Lok Sabha are sent to the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of parliament, elected by the state and territorial legislatures or appointed by the president). The Rajya Sabha may not amend money bills but can recommend amendments. A money bill must be returned to the Lok Sabha within 14 days or the bill is deemed to have passed both houses in the form it was originally passed by the Lok Sabha.
3. When a Money Bill is returned to the Lok Sabha with the recommended amendments of the Rajya Sabha it is open to Lok Sabha to accept or reject any or all of the recommendations.
4. A money bill is deemed to have passed both houses with any recommended amendments the Lok Sabha chooses to accept, (and without any that it chooses to decline).
5. The definition of "Money Bill" is given in the Article 110 of the Constitution of India. A financial bill is not a Money Bill unless it fulfills the requirements of the Article 110.
6. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha certifies if a Finance bill is a Money Bill or not.
7. Policy cut motion-disapproval of the given policy.symbolically the members demand that the amount of the demand be reduced to re1.they may also suggest alternative policy.
8. Economy cut motion - It is demanded that the amount of the policy be reduced by specified amount.
9. Token cut motion - Used to show specific grievance against the govt.also states that the amount of the demand be reduced Rs. 100.
10. Finance bill is supposed to be enacted within 75 days(including the Parliament voting and the President assenting).

Words written on Emblem of Supreme Court of India:

What are the words written on Emblem of Supreme Court of India:

It is "Yato Dharma Tato Jaya".

Meaning : "Where there is a dharma, there is victory"

Source :  Bhagavad Gita, a part of the popular Indian epic "Mahabharata

 

What is a Dharma :

Dharma is a Sanskrit word with multiple meanings and connotations. It has been investigated, interpreted and re-interpreted by the followers of the different Indian religions as well as Buddhism and Jainism. Despite their different outlooks and believes, what they all have in common is that each school base their central tenets and believes upon dharma. From this perspective dharma is the inmost support that guides the practitioner to reach greater clarity and insight.

 

 

‘Where there is dharma there is victory’ and when people live according to the principles of dharma they grow and prosper according to their highest potential. It is proclaimed to be the kßatrsya kßatram ‘the supremacy of royal power’, that which gives strength, valor, insight and stability to the rulers of the land who abide by the principles of dharma. Any power gained by violence, deceit, injustice or suppression of others will eventually crumble under the universal dharma (law) of justice