News It has been one year since the new guidelines for the geospatial sector were introduced and there have been many positive developments due to this. The investment in the geospatial sector has increased significantly and there is a positive response from the private industry as well. What is the status of geospatial sector in… Continue reading Zooming in on the potential of India’s geospatial sector
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Why Union Budget is not good in environmental terms
News: Indian government at Glasgow CoP26 has set targets like achieving Net zero carbon emissions by 2070 and Reduction of one billion carbon emissions by 2021 to 2030, etc. However, the recent budget does not have provisions that would help it achieve these. What are the issues in the present Budget wrt environment conservation? Reduced… Continue reading Why Union Budget is not good in environmental terms
For Climate smart agriculture
News: India has set a carbon neutrality target for the year 2070 at the CoP26 in Glasgow. Union Budget for 2022-23 has also listed climate action and energy transition as one of the four main priorities for the country in the coming decades. Although agriculture has been a major contributor to climate change problem,… Continue reading For Climate smart agriculture
GST has been a win-win taxation regime for the Centre and states
News: Recently, India’s chief economic advisor claimed that GST had led to a faster increase in revenues for states such as Tamil Nadu than the sales tax, which was collected earlier. How GST is a win-win taxation regime? First, definitions play a key role in comparisons. The definitional issue is important because the state’s own… Continue reading GST has been a win-win taxation regime for the Centre and states
A Blueprint to Revive Farming
News: The recently released Budget 2022-23 has increased the agricultural credit target to Rs 18 lakh crore for 2022-23 from Rs 16.5 lakh crore for the current fiscal, with an allocated subsidy of Rs 20,870 crore. What is the need to increase Agri-credit? First, both the budget speech and the Economic Survey 2021-22 recommended crop… Continue reading A Blueprint to Revive Farming
India’s semiconductor dream
News: Recently, the government has decided to extend the PLI (Production-Linked Incentive) scheme to encourage semiconductor manufacturing in India. Why countries are focusing more on manufacturing of semiconductors? One, the overdependence of the world on East Asia for fab manufacturing, rising price of silicon, China-U.S. trade war and the pandemic has exposed the fragility of… Continue reading India’s semiconductor dream
A dipping graph in occupational safety and health
News: Recently, the Safe in India (SII) released CRUSHED 2021, which shows a grim reality of occupational safety and health in the auto sector. This article says that there is a need for a comprehensive review of labour inspection and the labour statistical system in India, as the Government is in the process of framing… Continue reading A dipping graph in occupational safety and health
Mass jailing of undertrials must end
News: Overcrowded prisons have felt the devastating impact and led to a humanitarian crisis. What is the condition in jail during pandemic timings? It has been seen jail has been overcrowded. Prisons instituted their own lockdown rules by quarantining “fresh” admissions, creating quarantine zones, suspending jail manuals, prohibiting visitors, etc. Even after this, the struggle has… Continue reading Mass jailing of undertrials must end
The era of combative federalism
News: Over the last few years, Indian federalism has shifted from cooperative to combative federalism. Read here: A combative federalism What are the incidents related to combative federalism? IAS cadre rules: Proposed amendments to Indian administrative service rules 1954 has triggered conflict between the center and states. As per the amendments, the government of India will… Continue reading The era of combative federalism
Pragmatism, not jingoism will help India deal with China
News: The Ladakh conflict opened up the discussion on India China border issue. The government maintains that ‘no Indian territory has been occupied by China’. But the satellite imagery, expert views suggest Chinese encroachment on Indian land. Read here: Infrastructure power play at the India China border India’s defeat in the Sino-India war of 1962 and later… Continue reading Pragmatism, not jingoism will help India deal with China
