Context- Agricultural operations may flourish with new farm acts, but they threaten to lead to the marginalization of the farmers Contents1 How farmer’s protest is unique?2 Why is the anger so pronounced in Punjab?3 What is government’s contention?4 What are the issues with the new farm Acts? How farmer’s protest is unique? Farmer’s group come together–… Continue reading Farmers could perish with new farm acts
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A new roadmap for end of oil age
Context: The latest book The New road Map: Energy, Climate and the Clash of Nations, provides some pointers on how should India navigate future energy transitions. Explain the key pointers on navigating future energy transitions. Future pathway: It pulls together the transformative occurrences and technologies that have shaped the energy world in recent years into… Continue reading A new roadmap for end of oil age
Highlights of MPC meeting
Context- RBI in its 6th bi-monthly MPC meeting voted unanimously to maintain status quo on benchmark interest rates to support the economy. What were the key highlights of latest MPC meeting? The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) recently left benchmark interest rates unchanged and maintained an ‘accommodative’ policy stance as it prioritized support for the economy’s… Continue reading Highlights of MPC meeting
Monoculture farming- depleting natural resources
Context- In the ongoing farm debate in the country the green reality check seems to be missing. What is agro ecology? It is a concept where agriculture sector of a country expanded along with keeping environmental protection [agriculture with sustainable environmental practice]. What is monoculture farming and is Impact? Monoculture is the agricultural practice of growing a single… Continue reading Monoculture farming- depleting natural resources
Issues in Labour codes
Context: The labour codes will only better India’s ‘ease of doing business’ ranking instead of improving conditions of employment What is the Significance of Labour codes? Will generate employment and secure the basic rights of the workers. It will universalise the right to minimum wage of workers and social security entitlements. Why, have the labour… Continue reading Issues in Labour codes
India’s stand against ‘UN’s selectivity on religions’
Context: India criticised UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) for “selectivity” in seeking to protect Abrahamic religions — Islam, Christianity and Judaism over others. What is UNAOC? UNAOC is an organisation which was set up in 2005 Objective: to prevent polarisation between societies and cultures and to bridge differences between them. How UNAOC criticised India? The… Continue reading India’s stand against ‘UN’s selectivity on religions’
Exclusive arbitration body for financial disputes
Context: India needs a special arbitration body for financial disputes. Why financial institutions resort to litigation instead of arbitration for settling disputes? Courts are more powerful: Litigation, offers a more potent forum for recovery of money and resolving financial disputes as the judges are vested with stronger powers than an arbitrator. such as interim measures,… Continue reading Exclusive arbitration body for financial disputes
The many layers to agricultural discontent
Context: The Farm Acts that are the focus of the farmers’ protest bear variously on the different strata of the farming community. How farming distress is shared in common by the different strata? The powerful farmers’ movements that sprouted across India from the 1970s, led by such iconic leaders as M.D. Nanjundaswamy, Sharad Joshi, and Mahendra… Continue reading The many layers to agricultural discontent
Economic recovery
Context: A recovery led by profits, at the expense of wages, has implications for demand, inequality and policy. GDP is typically reported in two ways: The sectoral, production side (agriculture, manufacturing, services) and the functional, expenditure side (consumption, investment, net exports). Third way: On the income side, GDP is calculated as the sum of profits, wages and indirect… Continue reading Economic recovery
Shadow pandemic
Context: A village volunteer from Gharabari village near Siliguri in West Bengal alerted the police of a child marriage in the first week of July. Thirteen-year-old was married off to a 35-year-old man in a discreet manner at her house. More on news: Her parents were warned and a case was filed under the Protection of Children… Continue reading Shadow pandemic
