Author: ForumIAS

Kerala bats for right to privacy:  Context Kerala Government had recently stated that technology in future could use the data collected through Aadhaar for surveillance Right to Privacy absolute? The state has further asked to protect the fundamental right and safeguard its citizens from intrusions by the State. Kerala has insisted that even though ‘Right… Continue reading Kerala bats for right to privacy: 

Pressure on Nepal over Doklam standoff:  Context China has reached Nepal to discuss about the recent Standoff between India and China over Doklam Nepal’s Prime minister’s visit to India The upcoming visit of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to Delhi is likely to highlight Nepal’s position on bilateral issues between India and China. The apparent… Continue reading Pressure on Nepal over Doklam standoff: 

India’s villages: for want of a road:  Context: Roads of rural India today continue to be severely constrained when it comes to everyday travel and mobility. Explanation: Around 40% of the villages in India lacked all-weather connectivity, constraining them when it came to mobility. This placed limits upon their economic well-being The gradual shift: Using… Continue reading India’s villages: for want of a road: 

Fairness and dignity in livelihoods:  Context: The government must focus on policies that will generate more dignified and sustainable livelihoods than the Indian economy is producing at present. Explanation: All surveys of small enterprises in India, who are the largest generators of employment, have revealed that the principal constraints on their growth are obtaining finance,… Continue reading Fairness and dignity in livelihoods: 

Skill, don’t detain:  Context: The Centre should reconsider its decision to scrap no-detention policy in primary schools. Explanation: When the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act became law in 2010, it appeared to be a wall against the various ills that prevent continued schooling of all children up to the secondary level.… Continue reading Skill, don’t detain: 

Private power, public apathy:  Context: There is an urgent need to modify landmark labour laws to bring domestic work under the purview of state regulation. Explanation: Domestic workers are among the most exploited sections of the Indian workforce. The NSSO data of 2004-05, for example, has recorded 47 lakh domestic workers in India; the majority… Continue reading Private power, public apathy: 

Let’s talk about a supplemental income:  Context: There has been a lot of discussion on universal basic income (UBI) in both developed and developing countries Explanation: The primary objective of UBI is to enable every citizen to have a certain minimum income. The term ‘universal’ is meant to connote that the minimum or basic income… Continue reading Let’s talk about a supplemental income: 

New mobile data plan for Naxal areas:  Context The Union Home Ministry is scrutinizing the proposed specifications for providing data connectivity services through mobile towers installed in the Left Wing Extremism-affected areas across 10 States. Mobile connectivity scheme This is done in view of the possible security implications. Performed in coordination with the Ministry of… Continue reading New mobile data plan for Naxal areas: 

Privacy in the digital age:  Context: The current focus on the right to privacy is based on some new realities of the digital age. Explanation:         The digital network enters the most proximate spaces and challenges the normally accepted notions of the private. It brings into focus new means of exercising social, economic, and political power,… Continue reading Privacy in the digital age: 

Food security: SC raps Centre, States:   Context: The food security law should quell the hunger of those below the poverty line the Supreme Court says Introduction:  According to the Supreme Court judgment, State Food Commission set up under the National Food Security Act in Haryana, has been sitting “jobless” and “without proper infrastructure”.  The judgment… Continue reading Food security: SC raps Centre, States: