Author: ForumIAS

What lynchings say about the Indian state: (Live Mint, Editorial) Context: In the last few years, cow vigilantism has been the catalyst of violence across India. The government fails to respond to mob violence in line with constitutional principles. Briefing of the incident: Just when on 29th June, 2017 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a… Continue reading What lynchings say about the Indian state:

The missing learning curve: Context: There’s an urgent need to improve decision making along with institutional knowledge. Introduction: In accordance with accelerating learning curve of the human species, can the collective brain also refuse to learn some lessons or even unlearn? Writers have penned down that either due to rapid population growth, a breakdown of social… Continue reading The missing learning curve:

Written-off in the hinterland:  Context: The educational system in rural India is not able to create favorable conditions to be at par with the urban system. A comparison: Retrospectively, educational institutes represented the dream of a philanthropist to export the best human talent of his region to the global market. But the fact that education… Continue reading Written-off in the hinterland: 

Tiger reserves to remain closed during monsoon: Context: Tourism zones falling in the national park areas of Ranthambhore and Sariska tiger reserves in Rajasthan will remain closed during monsoon in 2017. Details:   Following a meeting of the State Wildlife Board’s standing committee and Ranthambhore Tiger Conservation Foundation on June 9th, the Forest Department had issued… Continue reading Tiger reserves to remain closed during monsoon:

NPA resolution: a rough road ahead:  Context The problem of NPAs in the Indian banking system is one of the foremost and the most formidable problems that had impact the entire banking system   And banking clean-up plus corporate deleveraging are critical for a more robust economic revival The Worrying Factor  The latest “Financial Stability Report”,… Continue reading NPA resolution: a rough road ahead: 

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: