News: On March 8, the RBI launched a renewed payments service for feature phones. The service called UPI123Pay was a successor to BHIM USSD 2.0 service, which allows feature phones to make payments using interactive voice response (IVR), app functionality, missed calls, and proximity sound-based payments. Why has the RBI launched the payment service for… Continue reading Mobile internet user growth slowed down drastically in 2021, shows data
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Shock-proofing the economy: Quality jobs the best possible safety net
Context: India’s policy must be aligned with the present realities to make its economy shock proof to any external development. India has gone through a number of crises in the Indian economy since 1962. For Example like India fought three wars, suffered droughts, first oil shock, double-digit inflation, which peaked at 26 per cent, imposition… Continue reading Shock-proofing the economy: Quality jobs the best possible safety net
Shutdown this misguided energy policy
News: On March 3, a fire broke out near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine during the course of a military battle that could have triggered a major nuclear disaster. Trends of Nuclear Accident in the Past On March 11, 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant suffered severe accidents after an earthquake and a tsunami… Continue reading Shutdown this misguided energy policy
Unshackling the creative sector
News: A report commissioned by YouTube (YT), provide a glimpse of the “creator economy” in India. Scope of YouTube Channels in India YouTube platform hosts around 40,000 Indian channels with over 1 lakh subscribers and the number of channels earning revenues in excess of Rs 1 lakh jumped by 60 per cent year-on-year in June… Continue reading Unshackling the creative sector
New guidelines on abortion care will help prevent more than 25 million unsafe abortions: WHO
News: The WHO released more than 50 recommendations that include clinical practice, health care delivery and law and policy interventions to support quality abortion care. The WHO also presented new guidelines on abortion care. What were the reasons that compelled the WHO to bring these guidelines? Globally, between 13,865 and 38,940 lives are lost yearly… Continue reading New guidelines on abortion care will help prevent more than 25 million unsafe abortions: WHO
On resumption of international flights: Skies wide open
News: Government from next month will allow scheduled commercial international flights to resume operations. This will come as a big relief to the travel, tourism and hospitality sectors, which have been among the hardest hit by the pandemic. How has been the tourism and aviation sector been affected by the pandemic? The tourism and hospitality… Continue reading On resumption of international flights: Skies wide open
Explained-When a missile misfires
What is the news? Pakistan recently made the claim that an unarmed Indian missile landed 124 km inside its territory, which India has conformed and cited technical malfunction as the reason that led to the accidental firing of a missile. What are the protocols that countries need to follow before conducting tests? According to the… Continue reading Explained-When a missile misfires
Addressing uncertainty – Necessary changes in GST must be made in time
News: The Goods and Service Tax (GST) is going to complete its five years in a few months. Therefore, it has triggered a debate for big structural change in the system. GST was expected to reduce complications in the indirect tax system, contain tax evasion, and boost revenue and economic growth over time. However, it… Continue reading Addressing uncertainty – Necessary changes in GST must be made in time
Sumy success: With Operation Ganga winding down, India must now take a clear position on Ukraine crisis
News: The 700 Indian students were finally successfully evacuated from the north-eastern Ukrainian city of Sumy through Operation Ganga. As a result of Indian diplomacy, the Ukrainians and Russians agreed to provide safe passage to the Sumy students. A humanitarian corridor was established for extraction of students which was quite challenging to be established. History… Continue reading Sumy success: With Operation Ganga winding down, India must now take a clear position on Ukraine crisis
A fresh blow to globalisation
News: There are two broad possibilities that may arise as an effect of the present Ukraine crisis – one is the reordering of international relations, and the other is declining globalisation. How the western countries have responded to the Ukraine Crisis? The West has imposed what are supposed to be the harshest sanctions ever… Continue reading A fresh blow to globalisation
