News: National Medical Commission (NMC) has decided to replace the Hippocratic Oath in medical colleges with the Charak Shapath from the new academic session. The Hippocratic Oath is taken by medical students worldwide. Contents1 Why this move is not very appropriate? 2 What is NMC and what are its responsibilities? 3 What is the status of medical… Continue reading India, heal thyself
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Clearing the airways
News: New Government guidelines have allowed fully vaccinated passengers from 82 countries to skip the mandatory quarantine period. Also the requirement of compulsory on-arrival testing for passengers from certain countries identified as “at-risk” has also been removed. Contents1 Why is this relaxation being given? 2 What are the reasons for this fall in numbers? 3 How… Continue reading Clearing the airways
‘Enmity Will Be With Your Kin Or Your Neighbour’
News: Historian Shruti Kapila explores the role of violence in 20th-century Indian political ideas in her book ‘Violent Fraternity: Indian Political Thought In The Global Age’. How India is different from the West on violence? The history of the west shows that the state was the legitimate author of violence. But the Indian story is different.… Continue reading ‘Enmity Will Be With Your Kin Or Your Neighbour’
India’s Employment problem predates COVID. The pandemic has deepened the faultlines
News: Data from the Periodic labour force survey (PLFS) suggests that urban unemployment during January-March 2021 had declined to the pre-Covid level of around 9%, after peaking at 20.8% during the first wave. Various other estimates also point towards the same. However, it necessarily does not reflect an expansion of more productive forms of… Continue reading India’s Employment problem predates COVID. The pandemic has deepened the faultlines
How to expand India’s forest cover
News: India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2021 recently released its report, which attracts many questions about the definition of forests and plantation. This article gives answers to all that queries. Read here: India State of Forest Report 2021 – Explained, pointwise About definition of forest India’s definition of forest cover is in sync with that… Continue reading How to expand India’s forest cover
Time to end employer criminalisation
News: The recent budget has prioritized Ease of Doing Business (EODB) 2.0. The article says that criminalization of employers has affected productivity of Indian economy, hence there is need to relook the jail provisions and simplify the laws. Contents1 Why there is need to reconsider employer criminalization?2 What is the situation wrt penal provisions against… Continue reading Time to end employer criminalisation
An MSP scheme to transform Indian agriculture
News: The article suggests a different way of designing a minimum support price (MSP) to transform Indian agriculture. Contents1 How the current price stabilization policy for food grains has evolved?2 What are the consequences of this price stabilization policy?3 How MSP should be redesigned?4 Why India needs a decentralized mechanism of procurement?5 What is the… Continue reading An MSP scheme to transform Indian agriculture
Consolidate clearances-4 steps for effective green clearances
News: Environmental Clearance to various developmental projects has been at the core of Environment- development debate. However both Environment and development are not the two different ends of a spectrum and can definitely coexist if some changes are made to our green clearance policy. What will make the system more effective? There is a… Continue reading Consolidate clearances-4 steps for effective green clearances
A growth focused monetary policy
News: To maintain a desired growth rate, Reserve Bank has kept an accommodative policy stance despite the new risks from elevated crude oil prices and the possibility of aggressive policy measures by the US Federal Reserve. Contents1 What is accommodative policy stance and its impact? 2 What is the policy adopted by other central banks… Continue reading A growth focused monetary policy
A change of course on privatisation
News: Recently released India’s Budget 22-23 has signalled that the government will proceed cautiously on privatisation. The article says that the retreat on privatisation is a pragmatic economic policy. Contents1 Why the Budget has changed the course of privatisation?2 What does the government’s decision to de-emphasise privatisation reflect?3 Why executing privatisation is a challenge?4 What… Continue reading A change of course on privatisation
