Context: Zero-Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) – critic to all other forms of agriculture with unsubstantiated claims. Inorganic Farming: Inorganic farming, more commonly referred to as non-organic farming, is the contrasting method of agriculture to organic farming. Non-organic farming uses pesticides, chemicals and synthetic fertilizers to grow produce for human and livestock consumption. Organic Farming: Organic farming,… Continue reading 7 PM | Zero Budget Natural Farming: Gains are unsubstantiated | 9th October, 2019
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7 PM | A Bill that undercuts key constitutional values | 7th October, 2019
Context: The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill is a challenge to the constitutional values. More in news: Recently while speaking about implementing a National Register of Citizens in West Bengal, Home Minister Amit Shah said, “I want to assure Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist and Christian refugees, you will not be forced to leave India by the Centre.”… Continue reading 7 PM | A Bill that undercuts key constitutional values | 7th October, 2019
7 PM | Making political parties accountable | 5th October, 2019
Context: The recent judgment in D.A.V. College Trust and Management Society Vs. Director of Public Instructions and how an analogy can be drawn in favor of declaring political parties as ‘public authority’ under the RTI Act. More in news: Recently, the Supreme Court in D.A.V. College Trust and Management Society Vs. Director of Public Instructions held that… Continue reading 7 PM | Making political parties accountable | 5th October, 2019
7 PM | Co-operative banks: Is dual regulation the problem? | 4th October, 2019
Context: Cooperative banking in India and the recent Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank crisis. More in news: In late September, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed restrictions on withdrawals from the Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank, one of the largest urban cooperative lenders. The RBI has imposed lending restrictions on PMC Bank,… Continue reading 7 PM | Co-operative banks: Is dual regulation the problem? | 4th October, 2019
7 PM | Furthering this neighbourhood friendship | 3rd September, 2019
Context: India – Bangladesh relations. More in news: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will make her first official visit to India from October 3-6, post the general elections in Bangladesh (December 2018) and India (May 2019). She will address the World Economic Forum’s India Economic Summit followed by the bilateral visit. India-Bangladesh Relations: India was… Continue reading 7 PM | Furthering this neighbourhood friendship | 3rd September, 2019
7 PM | Creating jobs for young India | 1st October, 2019
Context: Unemployment in India – reasons and some measures. More in News: The government’s Periodic Labour Force Survey carried out in 2017-18 revealed that unemployment in the country reached an all-time high rate of 6.1%. Unemployment Rate (UR) is the ratio of number of unemployed persons/person-days to the number of persons/person-days in labour force. Three… Continue reading 7 PM | Creating jobs for young India | 1st October, 2019
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7 PM | Rural India’s bane: from policy paralysis to policy vacuum | 27th September, 2019
Context: Economic slowdown and apathy for rural India is the result of a growth model that gives corporate interests higher priority. Economic Slowdown: An economic slowdown occurs when the rate of economic growth slows in an economy. Countries usually measure economic growth in terms of gross domestic product (GDP), which is the total value of goods and services… Continue reading 7 PM | Rural India’s bane: from policy paralysis to policy vacuum | 27th September, 2019
7 PM | A hundred small steps: PDS | 26th September, 2019
Context: Restructuring PDS to meet goals of ‘One Nation, one Ration Card’. ‘One nation-one ration card’ scheme: The government rolled out nation-wide portability for an estimated 23 crore ration card holders by June 1, 2020. The key aim in introducing of nation-wide ration card portability under the National Food Security Act, 2013 is to facilitate… Continue reading 7 PM | A hundred small steps: PDS | 26th September, 2019
7 PM | Climate for action: On UN Climate Action Summit | 25th September, 2019
Context: Fight against climate change. More in News: UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called leaders at UN Climate Action Summit with concrete, realistic plans to enhance their nationally determined contributions by 2020, in line with reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 45 per cent over the next decade, and to net zero emissions by 2050. India’s renewable… Continue reading 7 PM | Climate for action: On UN Climate Action Summit | 25th September, 2019
