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9 PM Daily Current Affairs Brief – August 4, 2017
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9 PM Daily Current Affairs Editorials – August 4, 2017
Read the thorough summary of the following editorials by clicking on the links below Defenders of varna: (Indian Express, Editorial) The ambiguous sugar coating of caste system A field of her own: (Indian Express, Editorial) A new image for the “Indian farmer” (Analysis for all three editorials amalgamated) NOTA option to stay in Rajya Sabha… Continue reading 9 PM Daily Current Affairs Editorials – August 4, 2017
Parliamentary Budget Office helping Indian Parliamentarians
Context A Parliamentary Budget Office would help MPs provide effective oversight. Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) A Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) is an independent and impartial body linked directly to Parliament that provides technical and objective analysis of Budgets and public finance to the House and its committees. Main Functions Its core functions include Budget approval,… Continue reading Parliamentary Budget Office helping Indian Parliamentarians
India pushes for private companies in defence equipment production
Context: India pitches to private companies for help in defence industry Introduction: India’s first private sector missile sub-systems manufacturing facility, a joint venture between the $ 2.5 billion Kalyani Group and Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defence Systems Ltd, was inaugurated near Hyderabad The Kalyani Rafael Advanced Systems (KRAS) plant will make anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) Spike… Continue reading India pushes for private companies in defence equipment production
Labour ministry forms panel to relook at minimum wage fixation formula
Context: The Union government is mulling a revision in the formula to calculate minimum wages that may increase income levels of workers across the country. Introduction: The Central Advisory Committee on Minimum Wages, headed by Labour and Employment Minister Bandaru Dattatreya, decided to constitute a committee to deliberate the proposed changes in the calculations of… Continue reading Labour ministry forms panel to relook at minimum wage fixation formula
NOTA to stay as an option for Rajya Sabha elections
Context The ‘None Of The Above’ (NOTA) option will remain on the ballot paper in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections. Plea to get rid of NOTA A Bench of Justices Dipak Misra, Amitava Roy and A.M. Khanwilkar rejected the Gujarat Congress’s plea to freeze the NOTA option for elections to the three Rajya Sabha seats… Continue reading NOTA to stay as an option for Rajya Sabha elections
A new image for the “Indian farmer”
Context: Advancing rights of women farmers can revolutionize the rural ecosystem. Most importantly, if female farmers are provided security of land tenure, they will be officially recognized as farmers and will result in increased productivity and improve household food security and nutrition. Current Status of Women in Indian Agriculture: The stereotypical image of an Indian… Continue reading A new image for the “Indian farmer”
The ambiguous sugar coating of caste system
Context: Even after sixty years of independence, the hierarchical view of society in India holds their opinions in the defence of caste and reassertion of categories like pure and impure. Historical background of Caste system: Origin of the caste system: Earlier, the caste of a person in India used to define his or her occupation… Continue reading The ambiguous sugar coating of caste system
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