Constitution Of India:
Salient Points:
Forming Committe chaired by Dr. BR Ambedkar, signed on 26th Nov
1949.
22 parts, 97 Amendments, 395 Articles
Important Articles
368: Amendment of Constitution
352-360: Emergency Provisions
370: Special provision to J&K
51A: Duties of Indian citizen, 42nd Amendment Act, 1976
361-367: President and Guv. Exemption
343-351: Official Languages
324-359: EC
12-35: Fundamental Rights
5-11: Citizenship
19: F Rights suspended during National Emergency
14-18: Right to equality
19-22: Right to Freedom
23-24 Right against exploitation
25-28: Right to freedom of Religion
21A: Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act
61: Impeachment
108: joint sitting of both parliaments
123: Ordinance
356: State Emergency
352: External Agression
360: Financial Emergency
280-Finance Commission
Important Acts & Amendments:
States Reorganization Act, 1956
Citizenship Amendment Act, 2003
Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1976
86th Amendment Act, 2002: Right to primary education made a part of
Right to Freedom
Representation Of People's Act, 1951
ORGANIZATIONS
IMFWashington DCChristine LagardeFounded by Bretton Woods
Project, 188 countries
UNNew YorkSec Gen: Ban Ki Moon
Gen Assembly: John Ashe193 countries
WBWashingtomJim Yong Kim
UNESCO Paris,Irina Bokova
ICJHague, Netherlands
IAEAVienna, AustriaYukia Amano
ECOSOC
FAORome, ItalyGraziano da Silva
IlaborOGenevaGuy Ryder
WHOGenevaMargaret Chan
ITUGenevaToure
CTBTViennaLassine Zerbo183 members
UNCTADGeneva194 members, last meeting at Doha Qatar
OPCWHague, NetherlandsAhmet Uzumcu
WFPRome, ItalyCousin1961
ASEAN2013, BruneiSec Gen- Le MinhBangkok Declaration
Indon, Mal, Phil, Thai, Sing, Brun, Laos, Viet, Cambo, Burma, East
timor, Pap New Guin
SAARCKathmanduAhmed SaleemBang, Ind, Bhu, pak, Nep, SL, Afg,
Maldi,
UNICEFNYAnthony Lake191 countries, Awaaz Do campaign in
India
AmnestyLondonSalil Shetty
ADBManila, PhillipinesNakao1966
BRICSSA, Brazil, Ufa(Russ)2009
WEFDavos. Klaus Schwab
MERCOSURArg, Bra, Para, Uru,
G8Can, US, Uk, China, Fr, Jap, It, Ger, Russ2013-UK
2014-Sochi50% of world GDP
G8+5Br,Ch, I,SA, Mex
G202013-St. Petersburg, Russia, 2014- Brisbane
Tony Abbott
G24Caso
G4Br, In, Ger, JapFor seats in P5
OECDParisJose Gurria34 countries
OPECVienna, 12 countries
WTOGenevaRobert Azevedo
NATO BrusselsRasmussen 28
INTERPOLLyon, France Balestrazzi
Noble-Sec Gen190
Red CrossGenevaBy henry Durant
NAMVenezuelaHassan RouhaniFormed mainly by Nehru and doctrinated
by Menon in 1961
UNDP NYHelen Clark
UNEPNairobi, KenyaAchim Steiner
YMCAGeneva
WWFGland Vaud, SwitzerlandKatabadse
Leape
