Context: Recently, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s visited Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. What is the significance of West Asia to India? Socio economic significance: Gulf is a source of oil and a destination for labour exports. The UAE alone hosts nearly three million Indian expatriates and the Gulf as a whole hosts large… Continue reading India- West Asia
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Time for an Asian Century
Context: In a phase, where the west is adapting to Asian rules, RCEP will have immediate geopolitical and economic implications. India’s challenge will be in securing an ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ in this phase. What is Asian centrality? ‘ASEAN centrality’ rejects the current frame of the West setting the agenda while allowing the West to adapt Asian rules… Continue reading Time for an Asian Century
Global governance
Context: Analysing the need for common global governance What are the impediments to international cooperation in the 21st century? USA & China: The rivalry between the world’s two largest economies has intensified spreading the fears of a new cold war breaking between them. India – China: The militaries of the two most populous countries of… Continue reading Global governance
The Wide Net of Hunger
Context: Since the lockdown, the Government of India (GoI) has announced Pradhan Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) and Atmanirbhar Bharat. However, numerous studies have shown their inadequacy. What is the hunger watch survey? The Right to Food campaign in partnership with several civil society organisations initiated “Hunger Watch”, a rapid survey across 11 states from mid-September… Continue reading The Wide Net of Hunger
Relook agriculture subsidies
Context– The dire need to shift the nature of support to farmers from input subsidies to investment subsidies. What are the main reason of air pollution in India and its impact? Stubble Burning – Practice of farmers setting fire to plant debris that remain in farms after harvest. It emits large amounts of toxic pollutants in the… Continue reading Relook agriculture subsidies
Trade openness and globalization
Context- India’s External Affairs Minister believes that the economic growth that has accrued from globalization is not a good enough outcome for India. What are the views of External Affairs Minister on globalization and trade pacts? Trade pacts and globalization have allowed other countries ‘unfair’ trade and manufacturing advantages “in the name of openness”. The effect of past… Continue reading Trade openness and globalization
Controling AMR
Context: A One Health approach is necessary to control antimicrobial resistance. More on news: India an important locus for the generation of resistance genes: The multi-drug resistance determinant, New Delhi Metallo-beta-lactamase-1 (NDM-1), emerged from this region and spread globally. The containment of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in India: It is central to the global effort to address this threat.… Continue reading Controling AMR
Making of a biotech hub
Context: The pandemic has given the country an opportunity to evolve from being the pharmacy of the world to being the centre of a revolutionary research. How has India performed in the field of biotechnology over the years? Change overtime: India has seen an immense improvement in the number and quality of its healthcare facilities, reduction in… Continue reading Making of a biotech hub
Banking reforms
Context- RBI committee has recommended a series of changes that could transform the banking landscape by paving the way for large industrial conglomerates to set up banks. What are Non-Banking Financial Companies NBFCs? These are establishments that provide financial services and banking facilities without meeting the legal definition of a Bank. Hence they are frequently referred… Continue reading Banking reforms
Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) merger with DBS bank
Context: Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) merger with DBS bank is justified Why RBI decided for merger of Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) amalgamation with DBS bank? Erosion of trust in financial institutions: India, over the past two years has seen the collapse of four financial firms: IL&FS, Dewan Housing Finance, Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank and Yes… Continue reading Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) merger with DBS bank
