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News: The recent case involving the son of a famous celebrity highlighted the “bail-jail” connectivity issue. A recent case has highlighted an important issue, that grant of bail by a court does not automatically immediately releases an accused. Bail orders are required to be deposited in the physical letterbox of prisons, within a timeframe of… Continue reading What we need to fix our judicial system

News: India has announced its environmental targets are Glasgow. To achieve those targets efficiently, India needs a climate law. Our Prime Minister has recently a ‘Panchamrit solution’ which aims at reducing fossil fuel dependence and carbon intensity (reduce one billion tonnes of total projected carbon emissions by 2030). But before adopting new energy pathways, we… Continue reading The right time for India to have its own climate law

News: Categorising farmers based on dependence on farm income, land ownership is inappropriate. Harish Damodaran and Samridhi Agarwal argue that India’s farming population is much smaller than is usually estimated. They used the 2019 Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households (SAAH) survey to establish their argument. They claim that while the official estimate of the number… Continue reading How to define a farmer

News: An improvement in global trade scenario provides an ideal setting for Trade Ministers to revisit trade rules which can help maintain the momentum in trade growth. The World Trade Organization (WTO)’s 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) is being convened in Geneva, Switzerland at the end of this month. The MC12 is being held at an… Continue reading Charting a trade route after the MC12

Contents1 News2 What are the issues associated with State Funding?3 What are the structural issues in the Budget?4 How did the Tamil Nadu government addressed the structural issues?5 What is the outcome of TN government initiatives? News Structural limitations of the polity in India has led to a phrase that the government is spending a… Continue reading Ensuring that policy outcome matches the intent

News Recently the Finance Ministry has issued a fresh set of norms to guide state-owned banks in adopting a uniform staff accountability framework for non-performing assets (NPAs) up to Rs 50 crore. Must read: PSBs to introduce common staff accountability guidelines for NPAs What are the reasons for the introduction of accountability guidelines for PSBs?… Continue reading Explained: When can PSU bank staff be probed for NPAs?

News: World leaders promised to protect Earth’s forests, cut methane emissions and help South Africa halt itself off coal at the U.N. climate summit. Contents1 What is Global methane Pledge?2 Why it is needed?3 What commitments were made to reverse deforestation and land degradation?4 What commitments were made to support South Africa towards renewable energy… Continue reading Leaders vow to protect forests, plug methane leaks at COP26

Contents1 News2 What are the initiatives adopted by various countries in the ASEAN region?3 What were the challenges within the group of ASEAN countries?4 What should be India’s strategy in the ASEAN region? News Recently, the 18th India-ASEAN summit and 16th East Asia Summit has occurred. Over the last few days two major summits, ASEAN… Continue reading Summitry in the East and India’s Asean ambitions

News: The climate and trade and its interplay have a huge potential in strengthening further relationship between India and USA. However, issues needs to be tackled to realize that potential. India and the USA have forged a strategic relationship over time. Their recent cooperation in creating a free and open Indo-Pacific advancing democratic values and… Continue reading Trade and climate, the pivot for India-U.S. ties