News: India must follow a constructive approach while negotiating trade rules in the upcoming WTO summit. A range of issues will be discussed in the upcoming 12th Ministerial Conference of the WTO at Geneva such as fishing subsidies, progress on pandemic-related intellectual property issues, broader questions about WTO reform, including fixing the broken dispute settlement… Continue reading Carbon tariffs: On 12th Ministerial of WTO
Author: Ram Manohar
Do WTO like you did COP
News: India should balance its geopolitical interests and geo-economic interests equally. In COP26, by offering to do more than what was expected out of it, India has tried to disarm its critics from the Western countries while voicing the concerns of the South. Later this month, India will find again find itself in a similar… Continue reading Do WTO like you did COP
Wanted: A truly generous health cheque for underserved Indians
News: India’s public health expenditure remains one of the lowest among major economies in the world. It needs to do more to achieve decent standards of healthcare for all. Contents1 How much India spends on Health care?2 What are the implications of a lower public health expenditure?3 What are the emerging trends w.r.t states’ spending… Continue reading Wanted: A truly generous health cheque for underserved Indians
The saviour complex of Facebook’s critics
News: How the media covered its own coverage of the revelations made by Haugen is disheartening. Read about the issue here: https://forumias.com/blog/5-questions-on-facebook/ Why the conduct of Western media in the present case is unstaisfactory? Whistle-blowers and the Western media have exposed how the social media platform allows dangerous social media manipulation in developing countries. But… Continue reading The saviour complex of Facebook’s critics
Agritech startups have great potential in India
News: The Agritech startup ecosystem can be the next-generation technology revolution in the agri-food sector. Agritech Startups are raising large sums, despite many of them currently making losses. This is because they disrupt the traditional system of doing business and increase efficiency. India witnessed an increase in funding from $619 million in H1 2020 to… Continue reading Agritech startups have great potential in India
Pledges at Glasgow could change the global distribution of power
News: India’s commitments at the Glasgow COP-26 meeting came at a substantial cost to its medium-term economic prospects, while other developed countries such as EU, US and China will have an advantage. Contents1 How new commitments will cost India its medium-term economic prospects?2 How EU, US and China will benefit from the CoP-26 commitments?3 Why… Continue reading Pledges at Glasgow could change the global distribution of power
The dirty secret of EV supply chains that can’t be overlooked
News: Increasingly, electric vehicles are being seen as a major solution to the severe emissions problem. However, many tend to ignore the carbon emissions produced during the process of manufacturing these cars. The transport sector is responsible for almost a quarter of direct carbon-dioxide emissions from burning fuel. EVs were supposed to be the answer… Continue reading The dirty secret of EV supply chains that can’t be overlooked
The long road to timely MGNREGA payments
News: There remain delays in the stage where the Central government transfers wages to the workers’ accounts. There are wage payment delays under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). Eight crore MGNREGA wage transactions were pending on Diwali. According to the People’s Action for Employment Guarantee (PAEG) findings, funds allocation for this… Continue reading The long road to timely MGNREGA payments
How to define a farmer
News: Categorising farmers based on dependence on farm income, land ownership is inappropriate. Harish Damodaran and Samridhi Agarwal argue that India’s farming population is much smaller than is usually estimated. They used the 2019 Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households (SAAH) survey to establish their argument. They claim that while the official estimate of the number… Continue reading How to define a farmer
Charting a trade route after the MC12
News: An improvement in global trade scenario provides an ideal setting for Trade Ministers to revisit trade rules which can help maintain the momentum in trade growth. The World Trade Organization (WTO)’s 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) is being convened in Geneva, Switzerland at the end of this month. The MC12 is being held at an… Continue reading Charting a trade route after the MC12
