News: India has announced its environmental targets are Glasgow. To achieve those targets efficiently, India needs a climate law. Our Prime Minister has recently a ‘Panchamrit solution’ which aims at reducing fossil fuel dependence and carbon intensity (reduce one billion tonnes of total projected carbon emissions by 2030). But before adopting new energy pathways, we… Continue reading The right time for India to have its own climate law
How inflation could rescue the govt’s fiscal deficit act in FY22
News: Inflation is increasing, which is going to be helpful for the government in achieving the fiscal deficit target for FY22. According to the finance ministry data, government is likely to achieve 6.8 per cent fiscal deficit target for FY22. It is due to following factors: The aggregate borrowing of the states is 10 per… Continue reading How inflation could rescue the govt’s fiscal deficit act in FY22
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
Keeping the faith: On WHO approval to Covaxin
What is the news? Recently, World Health Organization (WHO) has granted Emergency Use Listing (EUL) to Covaxin. It took 20 weeks to approve the Covaxin after the data was supplied to WHO. All about Covaxin Read here: covaxin vaccine What is the advantage of the approval? 1) Increase the global supply of vaccines. 2) Ease… Continue reading Keeping the faith: On WHO approval to Covaxin
Cities will be too hot to live in future, says new UNEP report
Contents1 What is the news?2 What are the key findings of the report?3 What has India done to resolve cooling problems?4 What is the way forward? What is the news? The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report titled “Sustainable Urban Cooling Handbook” stated that cities will be the hotspots as global warming continues unabated. What… Continue reading Cities will be too hot to live in future, says new UNEP report
China taking incremental, tactical actions to press claims along frontier with India: Pentagon
What is the news? Referring to China and India standoff, the US’s latest annual report on ‘Military and Security Developments Involving China’ states that China has been undertaking incremental and tactical actions to press its claims along the frontier with India. It said that the Chinese military is also gaining “valuable real-world operational and tactical… Continue reading China taking incremental, tactical actions to press claims along frontier with India: Pentagon
India must tread with caution on early-harvest deals, say experts
What is the news? India is about to sign at least three early-harvest agreements and negotiating free trade agreements (FTAs) with the UK, the European Union, the United Arab Emirates, and Australia. Until now, India has signed an early-harvest deal with Thailand and Singapore. India is approaching with a strategy to first ink a mini… Continue reading India must tread with caution on early-harvest deals, say experts
After a much-needed capacity boost, NCLT readies to fast-track cases
What is the News? The Government of India has appointed eight judicial and ten technical members at the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). What is NCLT? National Company Law Tribunal(NCLT) is a quasi-judicial body constituted under section 408 of the Companies Act, 2013 in 2016. Committee: The tribunal was established based on the recommendation of… Continue reading After a much-needed capacity boost, NCLT readies to fast-track cases
102 Community Resource Persons-Enterprise Promotion (CRP-EP) certified in a week as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav
What is the News? Around 102 Community Resource Persons-Enterprise Promotion(CRP-EP) have been certified under the Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme(SVEP). Background: SVEP is a sub-scheme under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission(DAY-NRLM). The program supports the Self-Help Group (SHG) members and their family members to set up small enterprises in the non-farm sector. The program… Continue reading 102 Community Resource Persons-Enterprise Promotion (CRP-EP) certified in a week as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav
