Author: Gaurav Yadav

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

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

There is an ongoing debate in our country about whether to remove the words ‘Secular’ & ‘Socialist’ from the Preamble or not. These words were added in an undemocratic manner by 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976, during Emergency when most of the Opposition leaders were jailed or detained. However, others argue that secularism was already… Continue reading Secularism in India – Explained Pointwise

Recently, the World Bank has announced a major revision to global poverty estimates, raising the International Poverty Line (IPL). It raised the IPL from $2.15/day (2017 PPP) to $3.00/day (2021 PPP) (which at PPP-Exchange Rate for Indian Rupee in 2025 is Rs 20.6), thus, it comes out to be Rs 62/day for India. While the change led to… Continue reading Poverty Line Estimation – Explained Pointwise

West Asia is in the immediate neighbourhood of India & is a very critical region for the development & security of our country. However, the region has historically been a flash point because of conflict between several state & non-state actors from the region as well as involvement of superpowers in the region. The recent… Continue reading India-West Asia Relations- Significance & Challenges-Explained Pointwise

This year marks the beginning of the 50th year since the imposition of Emergency on June 25, 1975. The 21 months period of emergency is considered to be the darkest chapters in the democratic history of Indian republic, saw the suspension of civil liberties, curtailment of press freedom, mass arrests, cancellations of elections, and rule… Continue reading 50 years after the 1975 emergency – Lessons and Way forward – Explained Pointwise