News: Non-profit Organisations are subjected to strict norms in India. How strict regulations for NGOs is affecting their survivability? In 2015, The Centre amended the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, to require the renewal of non-profit funding permits every five years. This led to delicensing of many NGO’s. For instance, in 2015 and 2017, over 15,000… Continue reading Liberalize the funding of non-profit ventures
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Worrying trends in nutrition indicators in NFHS-5 data
News: The National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-5 data provides certain key data regarding the level of nutrition in the country. What are the findings of NFHS on nutrition? Must read: NFHS-5 and its findings – Explained, pointwise What are the challenges associated with the NFHS data? Read here: The nine lives of India’s National Family Health Survey… Continue reading Worrying trends in nutrition indicators in NFHS-5 data
These islands of excellence must not be marooned
News: National law universities have been celebrated as ‘islands of excellence’ in a ‘sea of mediocrity’. However, the comments of CJI N.V. Ramana suggest otherwise. HE made the following comments concerning legal education through his addresses in various universities The national law universities were being perceived as ‘elitist and detached from social realities’ because not… Continue reading These islands of excellence must not be marooned
On UGC’s letter to Central Universities: Wrong answer
News: University Grants Commission (UGC)’s letter has asked central universities to offer/teach courses based on student demand that is on the basis of number of enrolled students. Contents1 Why it can be a problematic move? 2 What will be the implications of the move? 3 What are the challenges that Indian higher education system faces? 4 What is… Continue reading On UGC’s letter to Central Universities: Wrong answer
Supreme court must ensure hate speech guilty are punished
News: Recently, some hate speech incidents have taken place in Uttarakhand and Delhi. Here the speakers have given Speakers made statements about killing Muslims to make a Hindu Rashtra, shooting a former prime minister and calling upon the police, leaders and the army to take up arms to indulge in ethnic cleansing. Although the government has constituted… Continue reading Supreme court must ensure hate speech guilty are punished
The Chinese challenge uncovers India’s fragilities
News: The Indo-China border crisis has brought out the political, economic and diplomatic problems between the two countries, which have been the result of choices made after 2014. With the loss in the 1962 war against China, India lost its pre-eminent position in Asia. With the present display of weakness six decades later, India is… Continue reading The Chinese challenge uncovers India’s fragilities
Poshan Abhiyan- Its time for national self reflection
News: National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) which was released a few months back indicates slow improvement in India’s malnutrition situation. What have been the positives regarding nutritional status in India? Substantial improvement in maternal-child health services, including antenatal care (ANC) services, child immunizations and diarrhoea management. Significant improvement in fixing the underlying causes of undernutrition,… Continue reading Poshan Abhiyan- Its time for national self reflection
Pangong message-India’s border infra better than before. But China far ahead. Project turnaround has to improve
News: China already has a superior border infrastructure than India and has recently also finished a lot of projects along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh. Years of investment and an easier bit of topography of the Tibetan plateau gives China an advantage. What have been the recent Chinese advancements on the border… Continue reading Pangong message-India’s border infra better than before. But China far ahead. Project turnaround has to improve
The bottom line in Blinken’s foray into Southeast Asia
News: Both China and the U.S. are trying to attract the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) countries to their side. The US wants to overcome the Chinese domination in the ASEAN by pitching the issue of ASEAN Centrality and by countering China’s aggressive rise. How the US is employing the ASEAN centrality tactics to… Continue reading The bottom line in Blinken’s foray into Southeast Asia
The state is not what one thinks it is
News: Conferring a limited form of legitimacy to traditional institutions is one way to bring society, nations and super-states back to reality. The biggest challenge the world faces today is steady collapse of traditional institutions. For instance, From the United Nations and supra-national bodies like the European Union or the World Trade Organization, not one… Continue reading The state is not what one thinks it is
