Category: Daily Editorials for UPSC IAS Exam Preparation
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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…
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Analysis of the Mental Health Bill 2016
Context: Mental Health care bill was up for the discussion in Lok Sabha yesterday. Here are the highlights, analysis and some challenges of the bill. Mental Health Care Bill 2016 The bill is being considered to provide for mental healthcare and services for persons with mental illness and to protect, promote and fulfil the…
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Parliamentary System vs. Presidential System Debate
Context MP from Thiruvananthapuram Mr Shashi Tharoor has started a debate as to why Presidential System is best suited for India. While some are taking his side, some others are disagreeing with his viewpoint. The opinion is divided. Some are providing alternate solutions. Let us examine some of the nuances of it. What…
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Poor Performance of India in HDI
Context India’s position in Human Development Index 2016 of UNDP has dropped by 1 rank. Highlights of the Report for 2016 India’s human development index (HDI) ranking for 2016 puts us at 131st among 188 countries with HDI value 0.624—which puts the country in the “medium” category of human development category alongside countries such…
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Building World-class universities in India
Context In 2017-2018 Budget of Karnataka Government, announced that they would build a ‘world-class’ university named “Bengaluru Dr B.R.Ambedkar School of Economics” (BASE), will be modelled on the lines of London School of Economics (LSE). Apart from that, even Central Government announced a year earlier that they would establish 20 world-class universities which…
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Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace in India
Context Several of the famous people in India have been found to be involved in the Sexual Harassment cases in India like Phaneesh Murthy director of Infosys, Tarun Tejpal editor in chief of Tehelka Magazine, RK Pachauri recently and the latest to get into the imbroglio is TVF’s CEO Arunabh Kumar. Let us have…
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Tackling Human-Wildlife Conflicts in India
Context Odisha has 70% of the total elephant population in eastern India, is witnessing frequent human-elephant conflicts with 423 elephants perishing since 2011-12 and 421 humans deaths reported during the same period. To protect elephant habitats, the Odisha government had identified 14 corridors. Let us learn the background of the Human-Wildlife Conflicts in India.
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ICAR and ICRISAT – Partnership for Crop Research in India : Daily Editorial
Welcome to Daily Editorial Initiative! Context Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) and International Crops Research for semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) have joined together to work on crop improvement and agronomy programmes in India through Climate Smart Agriculture: Focus Areas: Climate Smart Crops, smart food, digitisation of breeding database, integrating systems modelling tools for up-scaling climate…
