What is the News? The six-member Monetary Policy Committee(MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has kept key policy rates – Repo rate, Reverse repo rate and the Bank rate – unchanged for the 10th time in a row and retained the accommodative policy stance. Why has RBI kept the interest rates unchanged? RBI… Continue reading Explained: What RBI’s status quo means for stock investors and borrowers
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How to expand India’s forest cover
News: India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2021 recently released its report, which attracts many questions about the definition of forests and plantation. This article gives answers to all that queries. Read here: India State of Forest Report 2021 – Explained, pointwise About definition of forest India’s definition of forest cover is in sync with that… Continue reading How to expand India’s forest cover
Time to end employer criminalisation
News: The recent budget has prioritized Ease of Doing Business (EODB) 2.0. The article says that criminalization of employers has affected productivity of Indian economy, hence there is need to relook the jail provisions and simplify the laws. Why there is need to reconsider employer criminalization? One, the excessive criminalisation of employers has painful consequences… Continue reading Time to end employer criminalisation
A growth focused monetary policy
News: To maintain a desired growth rate, Reserve Bank has kept an accommodative policy stance despite the new risks from elevated crude oil prices and the possibility of aggressive policy measures by the US Federal Reserve. What is accommodative policy stance and its impact? An accommodative stance means the central bank is prepared to expand… Continue reading A growth focused monetary policy
Local job laws that raise constitutional questions
News: Supreme court is soon to hear the petition on removing the stay on the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act. Punjab and Haryana High Court have stayed the Haryana government’s law guaranteeing 75% reservation to locals in private sector jobs. What is the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act? Read more: Haryana State Employment… Continue reading Local job laws that raise constitutional questions
What three recent cases say about our labyrinthine legal system
News: Old laws, difficult to interpret language and long-running cases create obstacles to justice. What are the factors contributing to the obstacles to justice? Archaic Laws: Recently, the Supreme Court has ruled that daughters will have equal rights to their father’s property even prior to the enactment of the Hindu Succession Act (HSA) of 1956. Although, the… Continue reading What three recent cases say about our labyrinthine legal system
The classroom is important, not the uniform
News: Karnataka is seeing bitter clashes over the banning of hijab and the imposition of dress code in educational institutions. Must read: Explained: Freedom of religion and attire Why inclusive nature of the classroom is a must for child development? Students came from different religions, caste, nations, etc and have different dietary habits, cultures, customs, and… Continue reading The classroom is important, not the uniform
Explained: Governor’s powers, friction with states, and why this happens often
News: There have been some incidents that show the friction between the delicate relationships of the constitutional head of state and elected government. For example, West Bengal CM blocked the governor on Twitter over his statements against the state governments. Read here: Breach of Constitutional Propriety by Governor What are the powers of the governor? The governor… Continue reading Explained: Governor’s powers, friction with states, and why this happens often
Indo-Australia bilateral relations: The significance of S Jaishankar’s Australia visit
News: It was announced that Quad foreign ministers meeting is going to take place in Australia. This brings Indo-Australia bilateral relations back into focus. What are the drivers of Indo-Australia bilateral relations? Friendship is based on shared values and interests. India remains the top source of skilled migration for Australia. The population of Indian-born people has… Continue reading Indo-Australia bilateral relations: The significance of S Jaishankar’s Australia visit
What is SWIFT and why is Russia being threatened with exclusion from the service?
What is the news? As tensions are increasing between the US and Russia over the Ukraine issue, experts have said that the United States could as a last resort exclude Russia from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT). What is SWIFT? SWIFT is a messaging network used by banks and financial institutions globally… Continue reading What is SWIFT and why is Russia being threatened with exclusion from the service?
