The Hindu Newspaper Analysis 30 June 2023

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The Hindu Newspaper Analysis 29 June 2023

• In an unprecedented move, Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi on Thursday evening unilaterally “dismissed with immediate effect” arrested Minister V. Senthilbalaji from the Council of Ministers, only to hurriedly backtrack his decision late in the night.
• Sources in Chief Minister M.K. Stalin’s office told The Hindu that Mr. Ravi had communicated that his order dismissing Mr. Senthilbalaji was being put on hold with immediate effect.
• There is a CoM with the CM at the head to aid and advise the Governor in the exercise of his functions, except some conditions for discretion. (Article 163).

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About Governor

• He/she is the Chief Executive Head of a State.
• Like the President of India, he is a nominal (titular or constitutional) head and also acts as an agent of the central government. Therefore, the office of governor has a dual role.
• Articles 153 to 167 in Part VI of the Constitution deal with the State Executive, which comprises the Governor, the Chief Minister, the Council of Ministers and the Advocate General of the State.
• There is no office of Vice-Governor (in the state) like that of Vice-President at the Centre.
• Usually, there is a governor for each state, however, the 7th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1956 facilitated the appointment of the same person as a governor for two or more states.
• Appointment
• The Governor is neither directly elected by the people nor indirectly elected by a specially constituted electoral college as is the case with the President.
• He/she is appointed by the President by warrant under his hand and seal.
• Qualifications
• The Constitution lays down only two qualifications for the appointment of a person as a governor.
• He/she should be a citizen of India.
• He/she should have completed the age of 35 years.
• Additionally, two conventions have also developed in this regard over the years.
• He/she should be an outsider, meaning not belonging to the State of appointment so as to remain free from the local politics.
• While appointing the Governor, the President is required to consult the Chief Minister of the State concerned, so that the smooth functioning of the constitutional machinery is ensured.

• Debrigarh, a wildlife sanctuary in Bargarh district of Odisha, has been made completely free of any human settlement following one of the country’s largest ‘peaceful’ relocations of forest-dwellers.
• As many as 400 families have moved out of their villages after a series of consultations. In a State where permanent human settlements are common even within wildlife sanctuaries, Debrigarh now stands out as an exception alongside the Nalabana Bird Sanctuary in Chilika Lake.
• Each eligible family was paid ₹15 lakh as compensation.

• India’s Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) was among the world’s six large telescopes that played a vital role in providing evidence confirming the presence of gravitational waves using pulsar observations, said scientists on Thursday.

• An international team of astronomers from India, Japan and Europe has published the results from monitoring pulsars, called ‘nature’s best clocks’, by using six of the world’s most sensitive radio telescopes, including India’s largest telescope, the Pune-based uGMRT.
• Pulsars are a type of rapidly rotating neutron stars that are essentially embers of dead stars which are present in our galaxy. A pulsar is like a cosmic lighthouse as it emits radio beams that flashes by the Earth regularly akin to a harbour lighthouse.

• All panchayats across the country will mandatorily use digital payments for development work and revenue collection from this Independence Day and they will be declared UPI-enabled, a letter issued by the Union Panchayati Raj Ministry has said.
• The States should “announce and inaugurate” the UPI-compliant panchayats in the presence of dignitaries such as Chief Ministers, MPs and MLAs, the Ministry said in the letter to the States and Union Territories.
• Sunil Kumar, Secretary, Panchayati Raj Ministry, said almost 98% of the panchayats had already started UPI-based payments.
• “Payments worth ₹1.5 lakh crore have been made through the Public Financial Management System (PMFS). Payments to panchayats will now be made digitally. Payments in cheques and cash have almost been stopped,” Mr. Kumar said.
• “It has almost universal coverage now. We have already covered almost 98% of panchayats,” he said.

• In a blow to the Rishi Sunak government, the U.K. Court of Appeal has ruled against a government plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda. Mr. Sunak has said he will seek to appeal the decision in the country’s Supreme Court.
• Sunak said that while he respects the court, he “fundamentally” disagrees with their conclusions. He said he believed “there is no real risk” that those asylees who are relocated to Rwanda would be sent to third countries.
• The ‘Rwanda policy’ as it is known, is part of the British government’s “stop the boats” strategy, i.e., a plan to deter migrants from crossing the English Channel to enter the U.K. The policy — which seeks to send potential asylees to Rwanda while their applications are adjudicated — applies to other asylum seekers in the U.K. as well. The U.K. High Court had ruled last December that it was legal — a decision which was appealed by a charity, Asylum Aid.
• The High Court’s ruling that Rwanda was a safe country was overturned by a 2:1 majority verdict in the Court of Appeals on Thursday. The Lord Chief Justice dissented from the majority.
• Why has it been criticised?
• Inhumane and expensive exercise: The UK-Rwanda deal has not been popular among human rights and refugee organisations, which see it as an inhumane and expensive exercise.
• Waste of money: Critics of the scheme have called it a waste of public money.
• People treated like commodities: Highlighting the dangers of transferring refugees and asylum seekers to third countries without sufficient safeguards, the United Nations Refugee Agency said they must not be traded like commodities and transferred abroad for processing.
• Contrary to the Refugee Convention: Such arrangements simply shift asylum responsibilities, evade international obligations, and are contrary to the letter and spirit of the Refugee Convention.
• Rwanda has a known track record of extrajudicial killings, suspicious deaths in custody, unlawful or arbitrary detention, torture, and abusive prosecutions, particularly targeting critics and dissidents.

• States have been looking at alternative ways of procuring wheat and rice in the after the Food Corporation of India’s (FCI) imposed quantity restrictions followed by the refusal to allow States to procure the two food grains through its Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS).

What is an Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS)?

• FCI sells surplus stocks of wheat and rice at predetermined prices through e-auction in the open market from time to time to enhance the supply of food grains.
• The purpose of OMSS is to dispose of surplus stocks of wheat and rice held by FCI, and to regulate the prices of wheat in the open market.

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