Author: ForumIAS

Open acres: Context  Recently the government liberalized the regime for oil and gas exploration by announcing Open Acreage Licensing process that allows companies to carve their own areas for hydrocarbon hunting.   Also was launched India’s maiden National Data Repository (NDR) that will assimilate, preserve and upkeep country’s vast sedimentary data for future use in oil… Continue reading Open acres:

Close vigil on GST rollout progress:  Context  Recently India launched GST after 16 years of its initial discussion The government is keeping a close watch on the day-to-day progress in the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Tracking the Implementation   Government weekly meet at its highest level is being done to keep a… Continue reading Close vigil on GST rollout progress: 

SC takes a maiden step towards paperless court: SC on paperless court Context Supreme Court takes a maiden leap towards paperless court by introducing Integrated Case Management Information System (ICMIS). Stacks of files replaced with electronic devices The court unveiled a comprehensive switchover to the digitized system in all new cases in the first five… Continue reading SC takes a maiden step towards paperless court:

Israel to help ensure food security in India:  Context  India and Israel will sign a unique Strategic Partnership on non-security issues including Agriculture, Water, Science, technology and Space.   India’s 1.3 billion people need food and water and India – Israel relationship on food security issue  will bring maximum benefits to people of both sides. The… Continue reading Israel to help ensure food security in India: 

  All eyes now on Modi-Xi meet in Germany:  Context Sustained standoff between India and China at the tri-junction of India, China and Bhutan at the Doklam tri-junction. Present Scenario Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to meet on the sidelines in the G20 summit in Germany this week. Both… Continue reading All eyes now on Modi-Xi meet in Germany: 

Israel backs India’s fight on terror:  Context  Israel has come out in total support of India on the subject of terrorism.   Israel believes there is no difference between Pakistan-based “Lashkar-e-Taiba” and the Hamas group operating in Israel and Palestine. Close Cooperation  Mark Sofer, Deputy Director General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry’s Asia-Pacific department considers killing… Continue reading Israel backs India’s fight on terror: 

The organising principle of lynch mobs:  Context: Recent years has seen a growing trend of “mob lynching” in every corner of the country. The reason for the same being various at various points of time. Present day context: The larger picture of the majority class is to cast a shadow of fear and trepidation over… Continue reading The organising principle of lynch mobs: 

India’s quest for armed drones:  Context Given India’s complex security challenges, UAVs have the potential to aid the Indian military not only in fighting wars but also in intelligence and surveillance. What has happened? The US government’s decision to grant India the licence for the export of 22 Guardian drones through the US foreign military… Continue reading India’s quest for armed drones: 

UDAY covers 97% of discom debt: Centre:  Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) is the financial turnaround and revival package for electricity distribution companies of India (DISCOMs) initiated by the Government of India with the intent to find a permanent solution to the financial mess that the power distribution is in Why in News Recently, government… Continue reading UDAY covers 97% of discom debt: Centre:

Tap GST for jobs data: PM-appointed panel:  Context   NITI Aayog has proposed a plan of using Goods and Services Tax (GST) as the sample set to collect employment-unemployment data The Proposal NITI Aayog recently recommended scrapping of the traditional employment-unemployment surveys that are carried out by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) every five years.… Continue reading Tap GST for jobs data: PM-appointed panel: