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Newspaper Must Read Articles of The Day– 30 October 2015

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Newspaper articles bearing
relevance to Civil Services preparation

The Hindu

National

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International

China confirms sending fuel to Nepal:The fuel deal with Nepal feeds into China’s broader strategic perspective, with Kathmandu as one of the nodes of the Beijing-led Belt and Road connectivity initiative that would integrate the economies of Eurasia. Nepal and China have inked a four-point document endorsing the Belt and Road initiative.(International Relations – GS Paper II, Internal Security GS Paper III )

Business

World Bank projects sub-8% growth till 2018: World Bank projected on Thursday that India’s GDP growth will remain below 8% till 2018. The projection contrasts sharply with the Government’s projection that the growth rate will cross 8%this year and will be in double digits before the end of its term.(Economic development- GS Paper III)

Opinion-Editorial

An anti-constitutional judgment: The writer say’s the Supreme Court’s power to exercise judicial review is unquestionable. But, in this case, the Court’s use of that power is bitterly disappointing. The ability of the two ‘eminent persons’ to veto any appointment flowed not from the 99th Constitutional Amendment but the NJAC Act. ( Judiciary-GS Paper II)

Indian Express

Editorials & Columns

A Green New Deal: Germany targets to cover 45 per cent of its energy demand from renewables by 2025, and 55-60 per cent by 2035. Over-dependence on fossil fuels will hurt sustainable development in India( Energy –GS Paper III )

LiveMint

The right approach for disinvestment: In its report, the Fourteenth Finance Commission said: “The fiscal costs of public ownership in public enterprises, for analytical purposes, may be reckoned as the opportunity costs of retaining the current level of investments in public enterprises.”(Economic development- GS Paper III)

Economic Times/ Financial Express

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Comments

One response to “Newspaper Must Read Articles of The Day– 30 October 2015”

SDwrites

October 30, 2015

In the article “An anti-constitutional judgement” the judgement is based on the false premise that primacy of the judiciary in the appointments process is a requisite condition for independence of the judiciary; he remarks that it’s a wrong/misreading of the 2nd judges case. He also says that the amendment should not have been quashed (you have pointed this out)and that it was done in haste.

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