7 PM | Fighting forces that shackle Dalit business | 1st August, 2019

Context: Dalit entrepreneur’s opportunities and challenges Industrialization and entrepreneurship development have broken the social immobility. The villages, nowadays, are no longer isolated from the rest of the country. Social mobility has increased and the people are migrating to long distance from their homes in search of jobs. The entrepreneurship is helping not only a particular… Continue reading 7 PM | Fighting forces that shackle Dalit business | 1st August, 2019

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7 PM | ‘One nation one ration card’ can transform lives | 31st July, 2019

Context: one nation one ration card significance and challenges Ration card: Ration card means a document issued under an order or authority of the State Government for the purchase of essential commodities from the fair price shops under the Public Distribution System (PDS) / Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS). Essentially it is a card / document that enable rationing… Continue reading 7 PM | ‘One nation one ration card’ can transform lives | 31st July, 2019

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7 PM | Padding up for the next UNSC innings | 31st July, 2019

Context: UNSC reforms and possible steps India can make with its non-permanent membership in next UNSC elections. More in news: The elections for five non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council for two-year will be held in june 2020. It has been unanimously decided to support India for an eighth second-year term. This means that India’s election is assured… Continue reading 7 PM | Padding up for the next UNSC innings | 31st July, 2019

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7 PM | Change without reforms | 30th July, 2019

Context: Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill 2019. More in news: The Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill 2019 recently passed by both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha to amend “The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993”. Human Rights: Human Rights mean the rights relating to life, liberty, equality and dignity of the individual guaranteed… Continue reading 7 PM | Change without reforms | 30th July, 2019

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7 PM | Respecting Reproductive Choice | 29th July, 2019

Context: The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019. More in News: The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019 was re-introduced in the Lok Sabha on July 15, 2019, having lapsed in December 2018 with the dissolution of Parliament. The introduction of the 2019 Bill, contains minimal amendments to earlier drafts and fails to engage with important critiques that arose between 2016… Continue reading 7 PM | Respecting Reproductive Choice | 29th July, 2019

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7 PM | Ban or regulate? | 29th July, 2019

Context: crypto currencies and its related issues Crypto currency is both digital and virtual currency that is created based on some cryptographic algorithm. No one “mints” this currency; they solve cryptographic algorithms using hardware and electricity to get the representation of one unit of value, typically called a “coin”. Bitcoin, Litecoin, and altcoins are all… Continue reading 7 PM | Ban or regulate? | 29th July, 2019

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7 PM | Private member’s bill urges state poll funding | 27th July, 2019

Context: A private member’s Bill on amending the Representation of the People’s Act, 1951, and removal of caps on electoral expenditure by candidates contesting polls.  More in news: Equating the expenditure limit on election expenses with prohibition, Congress MP Rajeev Gowda moved a private member’s bill in the Rajya Sabha that seeks removal of the limit and… Continue reading 7 PM | Private member’s bill urges state poll funding | 27th July, 2019

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7 PM | Zero clarity | 27th July, 2019

Context: Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) significance and challenges Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF), which is a set of farming methods, and also a grassroots peasant movement, has spread to various states in India. The word ‘budget’ refers to credit and expenses, thus the phrase ‘Zero Budget’ means without using any credit, and without spending… Continue reading 7 PM | Zero clarity | 27th July, 2019

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7 PM | Opportunity to reform agriculture missed |26th July, 2019

Context: structural issues in agriculture Present scenario of Indian agriculture: The aggregate Share of Agriculture and Allied Sectors, Including agribusiness, domesticated animals, and ranger service and fishery sub segments as far as rate of GDP is 13.9 percent during 2018-19 at 2004-05 prices.  Indian is an agriculture based country, where more than 50% of population… Continue reading 7 PM | Opportunity to reform agriculture missed |26th July, 2019

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7 PM | Making national legislatures more gender balanced | 26th July, 2019

Context: Women representation in Parliament. Gender parity is fundamental to whether and how economies and societies thrive. Ensuring the full development and appropriate deployment of half of the world’s total talent pool has a vast bearing on the growth, competitiveness and future-readiness of economies and businesses worldwide. Global gender gap report: The Global Gender Gap… Continue reading 7 PM | Making national legislatures more gender balanced | 26th July, 2019

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