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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

News Structural limitations of the polity in India has led to a phrase that the government is spending a rupee to provide 50 paise of benefits. States need to invent their own development models to escape the Financial mismanagement and the structural issues in budgeting and resource allocations. What are the issues associated with State… 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. What is Global methane Pledge? The Global Methane Pledge, first announced in September, now covers emissions from two-thirds of the global economy Nearly 90 countries have joined a U.S.-and EU-led effort… Continue reading Leaders vow to protect forests, plug methane leaks at COP26

News Recently, the 18th India-ASEAN summit and 16th East Asia Summit has occurred. Over the last few days two major summits, ASEAN summit and East Asia Summit (EAS), were held. These Summits and their declarations highlighted the changing geopolitical scenario of the region and the world. Southeast Asia is emerging as the new geopolitical hotspot with… 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

Relevance: Understanding problems by Indian women working in West Asia during Covid times. News Covid-19 pandemic has increased the vulnerabilities of women migrant workers residing in the West Asia region. According to International Labour Organization (ILO), Gulf Cooperation Council(GCC) hosts about 23 million migrant workers. Among these, Women account for 39% of migrant workers, and this… Continue reading Covid 19 as a tail of job hardship and marginalisation

Synopsis: Recently there has been an increase in violence in Kashmir. This needs careful analysis to avoid the failure of the Kashmir Policy. Introduction Several civilians and armed forces personnel have been killed by terrorists in a series of violent attacks in Kashmir. This has led to comparisons with the situation that existed during the… Continue reading Kashmir’s fragility has more complex reasons

Synopsis: India’s water crisis will increase in future, so the government, people, and all should come together to solve the issue. Introduction Recently, the draft National Water Policy has been submitted by the Mihir Shah committee. What are the reasons behind the water crisis in India? Lack of sustainable urban planning: Many cities in India… Continue reading Finding a way out of India’s deepening water stress