Author: Gaurav Yadav

Recently, several earthquake tremors were felt in the National Capital Region as reported by National Centre for Seismology. Increased frequency of such tremors is a wake up call for India’s seismic vulnerability & particularly highlights the vulnerability of Delhi which currently houses 33.5mn people & over 5,000 high rise buildings, where over 80% buildings, fail… Continue reading Earthquakes – Mechanism, Distribution & Preparedness – Explained Pointwise

India’s diversity in religion & language is one of the primary factors which protect the secular character of the nation, ensuring its unity & integrity. But while religion & language are the two most crucial aspects of any culture, these are also the predominant cross-cultural barriers. This is clearly visible in recent communal tensions &… Continue reading Linguistic Diversity in India – Significance & Challenges – Explained Pointwise

CIMMYT (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center) – headquartered in Mexico – is a non-profit research-for-development organization that develops improved varieties of wheat and maize with the aim of contributing to food security. It was one of the pioneer institutions in the development of HYV crops that ushered in the Green Revolution in the world… Continue reading Green Revolution – Significance & Challenges – Explained Pointwise

Recently, 2 former CJIs, appearing before the  Joint Committee of Parliament on One Nation, One Election, have said that the Bill to introduce simultaneous elections does not violate the basic structure constitution. However, they have also expressed the concern over the unbridled power granted to ECI without providing any oversight clause. India’s democratic framework thrives… Continue reading One Nation, One Election – Significance & Challenges – Explained Pointwise

ECI, using its discretionary powers under Section 21(3) of Representation of People Act, 1950, is conducting the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls for the entire country, starting first from Bihar. This would be first such exercise in more than 2 decades (last took place in 2004). However, the exercise has also triggered several… Continue reading Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Electoral Rolls – Significance & Challenges – Explained Pointwise

The increased intensity & frequency as well as unpredictability of extreme weather events like cyclones, floods, forest fires, earthquake etc in the Indian subcontinent have increased India’s exposure to disaster-risk. Given the scale of India’s hazard risk profile, it is prudent to introduce certain financial instruments like Cat bonds i.e. the catastrophic bonds for disaster-risk… Continue reading Cat Bonds – Significance & Challenges – Explained Pointwise

The 17th BRICS Summit has recently been held in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. India sees BRICS as a vital platform for bringing inclusive multilateralism especially when the global institutions are facing a crisis of legitimacy & representation. Thus, it is important for us to examine the significance of the group & the challenges that it… Continue reading BRICS – Significance & Challenges – Explained Pointwise

Election Commission of India is conducting Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls for the entire country – starting first from Bihar. This exercise in Bihar before the general elections for its Legislative Assembly is considered as an important electoral reform, but it has also been criticized by several members of civil society because it… Continue reading Electoral Reforms In India- Explained Pointwise

Right now, India is negotiating a trade deal with the USA in which the Trump administration is putting pressure on India to open its market to the GM crops like Soyabean & Maize produced by USA. This makes it important to discuss about the GM crops – the arguments in favour as well against their… Continue reading GM Crops in India: Issues and challenges – Explained Pointwise

The Quad, comprising of India, USA, Japan & Australia, has recently launched an initiative to secure supply chains of critical minerals. This initiative is basically launched to counter the dominance of China over these minerals which are vital to new technologies. Table of Content What is the Quad Grouping? What is the History of its… Continue reading QUAD Grouping- Significance and Challenges- Explained Pointwise