Regulating Act 1773 – UPSC
The Regulating Act of 1773, formally called the East India Company Act 1772, was passed by the British Parliament in June 1773 to overhaul the management of East India Company’s …
Eighth Five Year Plan in India (1992-1997)
From 1989 to 1991, there was a period of political and economic instability in India due to political turmoil at the Centre and global economic changes & fiscal …
National Commission for Scheduled Tribes – UPSC
National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) is a constitutional body directly set up under Article 338-A of the Constitution of India. It was established with the objective to …
Central Information Commission – UPSC
Central Information Commission was set up in 2005 by the Central government under the Right to Information Act 2005. It is a non-constitutional body constituted through an Official …
Annual Plans in India (1990-92) – UPSC
The Eighth Five-Year Plan could not take off in 1990 due to the rapidly changing economic and political situation at the Centre in India. The Government adopted the …
Seventh Five Year Plan in India (1985-1990)
The Seventh Five Year Plan was launched in 1985 during the Congress government with Rajiv Gandhi as the Prime Minister. The period for the Seventh Plan started from …
Finance Commission of India – UPSC
Finance Commission is a quasi-judicial body established under Article 280 of the Indian Constitution. President of India constitutes the finance commission every fifth year or earlier as he …
Important Sessions of Indian National Congress – UPSC
Indian National Congress (INC) was formed on 28 December 1885 by A. O. Hume, along with Dadabhai Naoraji and Dinshaw Edulji Wacha at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in Bombay. …