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Source: The post is based on an article “Trade aversion” published in The Business Standard on 13th September 2022. Syllabus: GS 2 – Important international groupings News: India has recently decided to stay away from the trade aspect of Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF). The government has argued that there are not clear guidelines and commitments in the areas of labour,… Continue reading Trade aversion

Source– The post is based on the article “Lending Transparency” published in The Business Standard on 12th September 2022. Syllabus: GS3- Indian Economy News- The article explains the concerns related to loan apps and issues related to recent RBI exercise of vetting loan apps. The Finance Ministry has asked the RBI to check digital loan… Continue reading Lending Transparency

Source– The post is based on the article “The Indian education scramble” published in The Business Standard on 12th September 2022. Syllabus: GS2- Issue related to development and management of education, human resources. Relevance– About our education system. News- The article explains the issues concerning our education. There is debate among educational policymakers about teaching… Continue reading The Indian education scramble

Source– The post is based on the article “Covid’s medium-term impact and India’s Human Development Index loss” published in The Business Standard on 10th September 2022. Syllabus: GS2- Issues related with development and management of social sector News- The article explains the loss in India’s Human Development Index score in 2020 and 2021. What are… Continue reading Covid’s medium-term impact and India’s Human Development Index loss

Source– The post is based on the article “Indo-Pacific Economic Framework: Challenges and Opportunities” published in The Business Standard on 9th September 2022. Syllabus: GS2- Bilateral regional and global grouping News: The article explains challenges are opportunities presented by the Indo-Pacific Economic framework and what should be India negotiating strategy for IPEF. The USA is… Continue reading Indo-Pacific EConomic Framework: Challenges and Opportunities

Source: The post is based on the article “Policy balance: Higher trade and fiscal deficits can create risks” published in the Business Standard on 8th September 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 – Indian Economy and issues relating to planning, mobilization, of resources, growth, development and employment. Relevance: falling exports and rising imports. News: Recent data shows India’s exports… Continue reading Policy balance: Higher trade and fiscal deficits can create risks

Source– The post is based on the article “Unproductive fertiliser policy” published in the Business Standard on 7th September 2022. Syllabus: GS-3 – Agriculture News-The article explains about the issues related to the “one nation, one fertiliser policy”. The new policy mandates fertiliser product of different companies to be marketed under single brand name of… Continue reading Unproductive fertiliser policy

Source: The post is based on an article “Fixing the quality problem of Make in India” published in The Business Standard on 6th September 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 – Industries and industrial policies News: There are lots of programmes and incentives announced by the government of India to make India a global manufacturing hub. However, there are many challenges in… Continue reading Fixing the quality problem of Make in India

Source: The post is based on an article “Dangerous divergence” published in The Business Standard on 6th September 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 – Inequality in India News: This article discusses the measures that can be taken to address the regional inequality in India. Economists have been arguing for a long time that there will be a convergence “convergence”, in which… Continue reading Dangerous divergence