Indian Economy
On Innovation in India – Rework the risk-reward matrix for innovation gains |
RBI’s Cloud Facility for Financial Sector |
Supreme Court’s observations on the PMLA – Questionable searches under the Money Laundering Act |
IMF’s annual report on India’s Economy |
IMF’s annual report on India’s Economy |
Planning and mobilization of resources
On India’s Forex Reserves – Decoding the fall and rise of India’s forex reserves
Improving GST Regime-Creating certainty |
On India’s inclusion in Global Bond Index – Caution: The watch word for bond index inclusion |
Exchange rate flexibility is a key shock absorber for India: IMF |
Issue related to Credit rating – CEA’s concerns apart, India needs better data |
Positive outlook – High public debt remains a risk |
On Private Investment – Crowd-in must not start crowding investors out |
Employment
On demands for reservation – Maratha reservation: Why everyone wants a ‘sarkari naukri’ |
Inclusive growth and issues arising from it
On An Alternate Model of Development – The quest for ‘happiness’ in the Viksit Bharat odyssey |
Government Budgeting.
Major crops-cropping patterns in various parts of the country
Different types of irrigation and irrigation systems
Marketing of agricultural produce and issues and related constraints
e-technology in the aid of farmers.
Agriculture – Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies
On Fertiliser subsidies – Farm dos and don’ts
Minimum support prices
Public Distribution System- objectives, functioning, limitations, revamping;
Food security
Food Security and Nutrition Report 2023: 74% Indians could not afford healthy diet in 2021 |
Technology missions
Economics of animal-rearing.
Food processing and related industries in India- scope, location, upstream and downstream requirements, supply chain management.
Significance of Food processing and related industries in India Land reforms in India.
Effects of liberalization on the economy
On Effective Use of Public Procurement – Public procurement for Make in India |
China’s economic slowdown, its ripple effect
Changes in industrial policy and their effects on industrial growth
Sustainability of Rural Enterprises
Social Capital Challenges faced by MSMEs in Accessing finances – We must bank on social capital |
Green Industrial strategy – No alternative to green industrial strategy |
Infrastructure
The fall and fall of the country’s logistics cost |
Financing cities: G20 infrastructure agenda
Investment models
Developments in science and technology
Novel therapeutic formulation developed for improved treatment of Indian red scorpion sting
Application of science and technology and effects in everyday life
Regulation of AI- Explained Pointwise |
On the Challenges of the AI Revolution – Navigating AI’s dystopian realities |
New Delhi Declaration on Artificial Intelligence Adopted |
Lyfgenia and Casgevy: U.S FDA approves gene therapies for sickle cell disease |
Ecological Impact of Biofortified Seeds |
Achievements of Indians in science & technology
Indigenization of technology and developing new technology
Awareness in the fields of IT
Concerns related to generative AI-Al generates real worries of privacy and accuracy |
Space Technology
Technology beyond space – Encouraging private sector will increase opportunities
Computers
Robotics
Nano-technology
Biotechnology
Issues relating to intellectual property rights.
Environment and Bio-diversity Conservation
Scientists Have Discovered ‘White Hydrogen’ Beneath France |
On Sustainable Aviation Fuel and Synthetic Petrol – Flight to sustainability |
On Phasing Out Coal – Honest reckoning |
Benefits of Underground Mining in India |
On the Challenges of Reducing Emissions – Why climate efforts fail to cut emissions |
Common But Differentiated Responsibilities- Explained Pointwise
Global River Cities Alliance (GRCA) Launched at COP28 |
COP 28 Outcomes and Shortcomings
Amrit Technology for Arsenic Removal From Water |
Olive Ridley Sea Turtles: Missile testing paused in Odisha to save sea turtles |
Dodo De-extinction Project: Why scientists are planning to bring back the bird to Mauritius |
Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary: Eastern Ghats Nature Interpretation Centre in Visakhapatnam |
Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary: Tiger spotted at record high elevation of 3,640m in Sikkim |
Amrit Dharohar Scheme training conducted in Indore |
On the importance of Biosphere Reserves – Biosphere reserves are evolving as pockets of hope |
Environmental pollution and degradation
The UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution
On Emissions by the Military |
Environmental impact assessment (EIA)
Disaster
Disaster management
On Cyclone Michaung – Shared blame
Cyclone disaster management in India
Turbulence in south – India must ensure better cohesion among agencies during disasters |
Are natural disasters man-made?
Internal security
National Security Strategy of India
Supreme Court’s observations on the PMLA – Questionable searches under the Money Laundering Act |
Drone attack on merchant ship in the Indian Ocean |
Cost of IAF’s lesson: 50 squadrons lost
Linkages between development and spread of extremism.
Role of external state and non-state actors in creating challenges to internal security.
Challenges to internal security through communication networks
Role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges
Basics of cyber security
Money-laundering and its prevention.
Security challenges and their management in border areas
On Maritime Security Challenges – The challenge of maritime security in the Global South |
VINBAX-2023: Joint Military Exercise |
Linkages of organized crime with terrorism
Terrorism
Various Security forces and agencies and their mandate
