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Coping with Heatwaves this summer
Context Members of various national and regional meteorological and public health institutions congregated in Delhi on March 28 to attend National Workshop on Heat Wave Forecasts for State Level Preparedness. The workshop was organised under the leadership of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to help states prepare for the health impacts of heat waves. The India…
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How to bring back the growth years?
Context The growth in India has dipped from its peak of 9.4% in the year 2007-08 to ~7% in 2016-17 with a couple of years in between even clocking subpar ~5% growth. We need a constant growth rate of 9%+ for a decade or more to solve the problem of poverty and escape…
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UDAN- Regional Air Connectivity Scheme
Context The Ministry of Civil Aviation took a major step today towards making flying a reality for the small town common man by unveiling the regional connectivity scheme known as UDAN. This article discusses the scheme at length to bring to you the different aspects of it. UDAN – Ude Desh Ka Aam…
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Legislation in British India – Part 1
Robert Clive, often referred to as “Clive of India” amassed so much illegal wealth after the Battle of Plassey and Buxar that people back in England started to call him and his associates “nabobs”, the anglicised version of Nawabs. When he returned back to England in 1769, people were astounded with the fortune he…
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Agenda for Banking Sector Reforms
Context NDA government since coming to power has focussed on bringing several banking sector reforms (Jan Dhan Yojana, Measures to tackle the NPA, Bank Board Bureau etc.) but the agenda is unfinished. There are several measures that need to be taken. The top priority must be fixing the problems of public sector banks.…
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Why loan waivers are actually anti-farmer? : Daily Editorial
Context The BJP in the Uttar Pradesh elections promised of a loan waiver to the farmers in the state if it won the elections. Not just them Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh met PM to seek assistance for a loan waiver for farmers in the state. The Devendra Fadnavis government in Maharashtra is under pressure…
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Prelims Capsule: The Blue Rebellion of 1859
March 1859, the ryots (peasants) of Bengal, frustrated with coercive actions of Indigo planters and their lathiyals (lathi-wielding strong men of Planters), as the payment they offered to the ryots did no good to them and they couldn’t grow rice after cultivating indigo on the same land, the ryots took to arms and refused to…
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Can we trust the EVMs? – Daily Editorial
Context EVMs – Electronic Voting Machines as they are called have once again come to the forefront to bear the brunt of the criticism by the losers in the recently held assembly elections to five states in India. All that raises the question in the minds of the public, on whether we can trust the…
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Aadhar Legal Debate- Part 2
Context There is a huge debate going on in the political environment in India on the Aadhar and apparent concerns with its implementation, especially with opposition parties walking out of the Parliamentary discussions because of the adamant stance of the government making Aadhar mandatory for several schemes despite a Supreme Court judgement that Aadhar is…
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Aadhar- Legal Debate – Part 1
Context: NDA government has been recently made moves make an Aadhaar number mandatory for filing tax returns, midday meals, MNREGA jobs and several other schemes despite Supreme Court judgement that Aadhar can’t be made mandatory. Let us have a look at different aspects of the debate. Advantages of the Aadhar Card Govt. can…
