🔆Year End Review 2023 of Ministry of New & Renewable Energy

✅About 13.5 GW renewable energy capacity added during calendar year 2023

✅India, 4th globally in Renewable Energy Installed Capacity, 4th in Wind Power capacity and 5th in Solar Power capacity

✅“Offshore Wind Energy Lease Rules, 2023” notified to regulate allocation of offshore wind sea blocks to developers

✅India announces definition of Green Hydrogen;

✅process initiated under National Green Hydrogen Mission for setting up 4.5 lakh tonnes of Green Hydrogen Production Facilities in India 49 lakhs pumps to be installed / solarized as per revised targets under Component B and C of PM KUSUM.

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🔆 Ministry of Home Affairs Year review 2023

✅2023 was a watershed year as many landmark strides made
towards fulfilling PM vision of safe, secure, inclusive and Aatmanirbhar Bharat
✅Beginning of a new era in criminal justice system with passage of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023.
✅Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 and
✅Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization (Amendment) Bill, 2023
✅MHA declared four organizations as ‘Terrorist Organizations’, seven individuals as ‘Terrorist’ and three organizations as ‘Unlawful Association’ in 2023
✅ improving the law and order situation in the three hotspot areas of the country-North-East, Left Wing Extremism areas and Jammu and Kashmir .
✅signed a Peace Agreement on agreed ground rules with United National Liberation Front (UNLF), the oldest valley-based armed group in Manipur.

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✅Question Hour : MPs can ask questions related to any issue during the Question Hour in which the concerned minister has to provide oral or written answers.

✅Zero Hour : Every day, 15 MPs are allowed to raise issues of their choice in the Zero Hour.

✅Special Mention : An MP can even raise it during Special Mention where Chairman can allow up to 7 Special Mentions daily.

🔆Samba Cultivation

✅ Samba Cultivation: Tamil term for the paddy cultivation season.
✅ Kuruvai: June-July
✅ Samba: August
✅ Late Samba / Thaladi: September-October
✅ Navarai: December-January

Reasons why Indian parliament enjoys limited and restricted powers - due to written constitution, federal system, judicial review, fundamental rights.