Category: Governance

The union home minister, a few state home ministers, and police chiefs attended a meeting organized by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in the capital at the end of October. The Delhi conference was a crucial event intended to boost the nation’s policing standards through an intellectual interchange.

Present status of Policing

A Tamil Nadu case study The way the recent bomb in Coimbatore and a potential terror-related plan were handled by the Tamil Nadu police also fits this picture and is pertinent to the situation of law and order both in the State and outside.

Delay in severe cases: A segment of the public with sway has accused the Tamil Nadu government of being slothful and delaying giving the National Probe Agency the investigation of the occurrence (NIA). The State Director General of Police (DGP) refuted this, stating that his agency was required to conduct the preliminary inquiry in order to permit an NIA takeover and that it was not possible for them to abruptly discontinue the investigation.

Shifting the blame: The two sides’ verbal sparring has been a regrettable and preventable development, and the truth rests somewhere in the middle. What is more crucial than engaging in a verbal brawl is a review of the existing standard operating procedures, the detection of gaps, and the implementation of corrective actions.

What is a better approach?

Collaboration: It goes without saying that New Delhi is the elder party in this relationship, which is unquestionably one of collaboration. However, there have been events over the years that have seriously damaged public order.

Create a strong sense of camaraderie: These have been the kinds of scenarios that called for a lot of well-trained policemen. With assistance from the Central Reserve Police Force, the Center has consistently contributed (CRPF). There have also been other organizations that have collaborated with the State Police, including the Border Security Force (BSF), the Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), and the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). Therefore, it becomes sense that the MHA and State Police put their differences aside and instead consider how to develop a solid companionship.

We frequently observe conflicts between States and the Center over the usage or alleged use of the Central Bureau of Investigation. State must collaborate with centre (CBI). Once more, both parties are accountable. However, the fundamental point that has been overlooked is that interstate implications of crime and bureaucratic corruption are something that can only be addressed by a national body.

CBI is required to investigate state-level corruption: Few States’ insensitive decision to revoke the CBI’s permission to operate within their borders reeks of politics and vengeance, which weakens the effort to combat public servant corruption.

Union Government’s role

State must work with the centre: We also regularly observe conflicts between States and the centre on the usage or alleged use of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Again, all parties are accountable in this situation. However, the fundamental fact that has gone unmentioned is that corruption in government and crime have cross-border implications, and that only a national organisation can provide the much-needed global perspective.

For state-level corruption, the CBI is necessary: The fight against public servant graft suffers as a result of some States’ insensitive decision to revoke their permission for the CBI to operate in their jurisdiction.

Strong political leadership: Petty arguments stifle discussion and weaken the police’s ability to respond to emergency situations that call for their assistance. This is why we require political leadership that encourages a free interchange of skills and resources between New Delhi and the States rather than becoming mired down in minor disagreements.

@the-end

Technology’s exponential growth has had a tremendous impact on how crimes are committed. Our Police must receive excellent, up-to-date training. Politics in the center-state must be separated from police matters.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has completed the Mother Tongue Survey of India (MTSI) with field videography of the country’s 576 languages.

• The Mother Tongue Survey of India (MTSI), which included field recordings in all 576 of the nation’s official languages, has been completed by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).

• The Mother Tongue Survey of India is an initiative that collects data on the mother languages that have been regularly reported for at least two census decades.

• The linguistic characteristics of the chosen languages are also documented.

• The term “mother language” is one that the respondent has provided, but not needs to be the same as the actual linguistic medium.

• The National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) and the NIC will record and preserve the linguistic information of the mother tongues surveyed in audio-video files.

• For the sake of archiving, videotaped Mother Tongue speech data will also be uploaded to the NIC survey.

‘Mother Tongues’ in India

• More than 19,500 dialects are spoken in India as mother tongues, according to an examination of census data from the linguistic group conducted in 2011.
• Each of them belongs to one of 121 mother tongues.
• Hindi is the language used as the mother tongue by the most people, accounting for 52.8 crore people or 43.6% of the population, according to the 2011 Linguistic Census.
• Bengali, which is the mother language of 9.7 crore people and is spoken by 8% of the population, comes in second.

Role of mother tongue in the education of children

• Mother tongue shall be the major medium of teaching in schools for children up to the age of eight, according to the new National Curriculum Framework (NCF).
• The advantages of using your mother tongue as your major language of teaching are emphasised by the new NCF, which covers pre-school and schools I through II.
• According to this, kids have a good grasp of their “home language” by the time they start preschool.
• This push came after the PM and Home Minister repeatedly argued for it in terms of policy.

Why emphasize more on mother tongue?

• The NCF asserts that research evidence supports the significance of teaching children in their mother tongue throughout the early years and beyond.
• In their native tongue, children grasp topics most quickly and thoroughly.
• Therefore, in the Foundational Stage, the child’s mother tongue, native language, or preferred language should serve as the primary medium of learning.

Status of the population census

• The upcoming decennial census will be the 16th to be conducted since the first exercise in 1872.
• The seventh census since independence will take place.
• The Covid-19 pandemic outbreak caused the census to be delayed from its original 2021 date.

Updates in the new census

• The Home Ministry has implemented new efforts, including as digital data processing and the use of geospatial technology, to enable efficient processing and prompt dissemination of data.
• The study states that pre-census mapping operations would be carried out, including the creation and updating of maps that display administrative units.
• Interactive web-based maps will be used to distribute the results of the census.

A petition contesting specific aspects of the surrogacy legislation, including the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021, and the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021, was opposed by the Center before the Delhi High Court.

the CASE

• One of the clauses being contested is the prohibition on using surrogacy as a reproductive option for unmarried men and married women who are expecting a child.
• It contested the outlawship of corporate surrogacy.
• The petitioners claim that the only other option open to them is commercial surrogacy in their argument.

Invoking Article 21

One aspect of the right to privacy protected by Article 21 of the Constitution is the individual decision of one person to have a child through surrogacy, or the right of reproductive autonomy.

Therefore, the petition argued, the right influencing a decision to conceive or beget a child through surrogacy cannot be removed.

According to the rule

• A married couple may only choose surrogacy on medical grounds, according to the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act of 2021.
• According to the legislation, a couple consists of a married Indian “man” and “woman,” with the lady having to be between the ages of 23 and 50 and the guy having to be between the ages of 26 and 55.
• A child of their own shouldn’t be born to the pair.
• Despite the fact that surrogacy is legal for unmarried women, they must be between the ages of 35 and 45 and be either widows or divorcees.
• The law prohibits unmarried men from becoming surrogates.

Features of the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021

• It describes surrogacy as a procedure where a woman bears a child for an intending couple with the purpose of giving the kid to the intending couple after the delivery.
• regulating surrogacy: Altruistic surrogacy, which pays the surrogate mother nothing except for medical costs and insurance, is permitted but commercial surrogacy is outlawed.
• Surrogacy is legal for the following purposes: Surrogacy is legal if it is used for the following reasons: I intended couples with documented infertility; (ii) charitable causes; (iii) not for profit; (iv) not to produce children for prostitution, sale, or other forms of exploitation; and (v) for any condition or disease that has been specifically listed by regulations.
• The intended pair must possess “certificates of essentiality” and “certificates of eligibility” issued by the relevant body, such as the District Medical Board.

Eligibility criteria for surrogate mother:

• The surrogate mother must meet the following criteria in order to receive a certificate of eligibility from the relevant agency:
• a married woman with her own child;
• age range of 25 to 35;
• She will only ever be a surrogate once; and
• hold a certificate proving your physical and mental health for surrogacy.
• Additionally, the surrogate mother is unable to donate her own gametes for the procedure.