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Article 142 of the Constitution

In News Recently, the Supreme Court ordered release of AG Perarivalan, one of the life convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. A bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao invoked its ‘extraordinary power’ under Article 142 to grant relief to Perarivalan What is Article 142? About: Article 142 was adopted by the Constituent Assembly […]

Wheat crisis In India

In Context  Recently, India banned wheat exports with immediate effect as part of measures to control rising domestic prices. Previous crisis  Procurement in 2006-07 (April-March) at 9.23 MMT was far below the requirement. The buffer stocks were drawn down by 2 MMT, a cardinal error in food management.  The stock position at the end of […]

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