Source: The post is based on the article “Oil Ministry seeks review of windfall tax, wants certain fields exempted” published in The Hindu on 20th September 2022. What is the News? The Oil Ministry has sought a review of the Windfall Profit tax on domestically-produced crude oil saying it goes against the principle of fiscal… Continue reading Oil Ministry seeks review of windfall tax, wants certain fields exempted
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Explained | Will the future of the Commonwealth change?
Source: The post is based on the article “Explained | Will the future of the Commonwealth change?” published in The Hindu on 20th September 2022. Contents1 What is the News?2 What is the Commonwealth?3 Has any country left the commonwealth?4 Which countries are moving towards ending formal ties with monarchs? What is the News? The… Continue reading Explained | Will the future of the Commonwealth change?
The hijab case and the essential practices doctrine
Source: The post is based on the article “The hijab case and the essential practices doctrine” published in The Hindu on 20th September 2022. Syllabus: GS – 2 – Indian Constitution — features, amendments, significant provisions. Relevance: Supreme Court and religious practices. News: The Supreme Court of India is presently hearing arguments on the correctness of a Karnataka… Continue reading The hijab case and the essential practices doctrine
Explained | The ban on the export of broken rice
Source: The post is based on the article “Explained | The ban on the export of broken rice” published in The Hindu on 19th September 2022. What is the News? The Government of India has instituted a ban on the export of broken rice. Additionally, it mandated an export duty of 20% on rice in… Continue reading Explained | The ban on the export of broken rice
Doctors got just 20% of insurance money under PMGKP
Source: The post is based on the article “Doctors got just 20% of insurance money under PMGKP” published in The Hindu on 19th September 2022. What is the News? Dependents of doctors got just over 20% of the total money distributed under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) insurance scheme for health workers who… Continue reading Doctors got just 20% of insurance money under PMGKP
Explained | The process of inclusion or exclusion from the Scheduled Tribes list
Source: The post is based on the article “Explained | The process of inclusion or exclusion from the Scheduled Tribes list” published in The Hindu on 19th September 2022. Contents1 What is the News?2 Which communities have been added to the ST list?3 How many Scheduled Tribes are there officially?4 How is a community added… Continue reading Explained | The process of inclusion or exclusion from the Scheduled Tribes list
The gender pay gap, hard truths and actions needed
Source: The post is based on the article “The gender pay gap, hard truths and actions needed” published in The Hindu on 19th September 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 – Inclusive growth and issues arising from it. Relevance: Gender pay gap and issues related to it News: International Equal Pay Day 2022 falls on the 18th of… Continue reading The gender pay gap, hard truths and actions needed
About Prison reforms: What numbers don’t tell us
Source: The post is based on the article “What numbers don’t tell us” published in The Hindu on 19th September 2022. Syllabus: GS 2 – Prison reforms Relevance: problems associated with prisoners and solutions for it. News: The National Crime Records Bureau’s (NCRB) Prison Statistics India Report highlights that 9,180 prisoners are with mental illness, 150… Continue reading About Prison reforms: What numbers don’t tell us
Geopolitics without geoeconomics, a fool’s errand
Source: The post is based on the article “Geopolitics without geoeconomics, a fool’s errand” published in The Hindu on 19th September 2022. Syllabus: GS 2 – Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests. Relevance: Importance of geo-economics for India. News: India has shown a great desire to be a… Continue reading Geopolitics without geoeconomics, a fool’s errand
Eat and learn
Source: The post is based on an article “Eat and learn” published in The Hindu on 17th September 2022. Syllabus: GS 2 – Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population News: Recently, the Tamil Nadu government has come with free breakfast scheme for schoolchildren. This scheme will take care of hunger, the calorific requirements, and energy and micronutrient… Continue reading Eat and learn
