News: Further expansion of RBI’s balance sheet without normalizing credit offtake (demand for credit) will only raise economic risks. Contents1 How RBI manages its balance sheet?2 How excess liquidity created during the quantitative easing phase is being managed?3 What is the current anomaly?4 What are the implications due to flight of capital? How RBI manages… Continue reading The curious case of India’s rising forex reserves and falling rupee
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Challenges associated with China’s economy: Dragon Stumbling, World Ok
.News: At present, China’s economy is growing significantly slower than other emerging markets for the first time in three decades. But the present rapid slowdown in China does not impact the world economy like it used to be. This is against the popular saying that as China goes, so goes the global economy. China accounted… Continue reading Challenges associated with China’s economy: Dragon Stumbling, World Ok
How the pandemic has worsened inequality in India
News: Inequality in India is rising. Covid has exacerbated the issue. What are the latest findings? The latest edition of the World Inequality Report shows that the top 10% earn 57% of national income, and within that top 1% earns 22% while the bottom 50% earn only 13% of the income. This deeply impacts social… Continue reading How the pandemic has worsened inequality in India
Poverty and Hunger stalk Indias countryside
Introduction– Although Macroeconomic Indicators are showing an improvement but rural India shows a different reality. Pandemic has only heightened the problems faced by people of hinterland. What are the issues facing rural India as an effect of pandemic and what are their implications? 1) Declining rural wages: Real wages in Rural areas are declining along with rising input prices of fertilizer and diesel. Workers are struggling… Continue reading Poverty and Hunger stalk Indias countryside
“The Parliament attack was 20 years ago, are we more prepared today?”
News– 20 years of 2001 Attack on parliament, an analysis of how much we have improved. What has been the scene in Internal security landscape since the 2001 attack on parliament Despite the innovations and improvements in intelligence infrastructure there have been several terrorist attack on India since the 2001 attack like 2008 Mumbai attacks, Uri, Pathankot attack, 2019 pulwana strike, Chinese… Continue reading “The Parliament attack was 20 years ago, are we more prepared today?”
“The dream of being a Chip hub”
News-India is aiming to manufacture silicon semiconductor chip, it has recently made efforts to set up a fabrication plant with the help of Taiwan, which is a leader in the Chip making industry. Have there been any initiatives for setting up Chip making Industry in the past NASSCOM had in the past tried to set up ecosystem for… Continue reading “The dream of being a Chip hub”
“How Delhi is leading the charge in electric vehicle adoption”
News– Electric Vehicle Penetration in Delhi has reached 9 percent as against the national average of 1.6 percent, making Delhi leading state in India in EV penetration. This anomaly exists despite the countrywide launch of FAME (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of E-vehicles) Scheme by the central government. How Electric vehicle adoption may help Delhi and Country to fight Pollution Vehicular emission… Continue reading “How Delhi is leading the charge in electric vehicle adoption”
India-Afghanistan relations: India sending medical aid to Afghanistan is a sign of thaw in bilateral relations
News: Recently, India decided to send a consignment of medicines to Afghanistan. The medicines were sent on a return flight of a plane that brought evacuees to India last week. This along with previous initiatives are aimed to improve India-Afghan ties. Read more: Allow unimpeded aid into Afghanistan, say NSAs in Delhi Declaration About Afghanistan… Continue reading India-Afghanistan relations: India sending medical aid to Afghanistan is a sign of thaw in bilateral relations
Judges cannot be shielded from citizens’ questions
News: CJI has raised his concerns over attacks on judges owing to the judgements they delivered. Although the consumer of justice has every right to critically examine every word of the judge spoken or written, none has the right to make personal attacks on judges. Instances of attack on the judges ADM Jabalpur case, 1976: The… Continue reading Judges cannot be shielded from citizens’ questions
Defining democracy: Biden’s summit is a good context for democracies to remind themselves what the system means
News: USA President hosted the “Summit for Democracy“. There are 100-plus countries that participated in the summit to build a wide-ranging alliance against autocracies. Why China is against this Summit for Democracy? China claimed it does a better job of reflecting “the people’s will”. It also attacked the US dismissal of “forms of democracy” different from… Continue reading Defining democracy: Biden’s summit is a good context for democracies to remind themselves what the system means
