Daily Editorial Analysis for 09th July 2022
GS Paper 2: Salient Features of the Representation of People’s Act. Important For: Prelims exam level: Art 324 Mains exam level: Powers of Election Commission Context The recent split in Shiv Sena and the subsequent political slugfest in Maharashtra has brought into focus the legal and constitutional framework to deal with issues when a party […]
Daily Editorial Analysis for 30th June 2022
Direct approach to conservation GS Paper 3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation, Environmental Impact Assessment. Important for: Prelims exam level: Not much Mains exam Level: Environmental Conservation Incentives for biodiversity protection • Incentives for biodiversity protection and sustainable use include biodiversity-relevant taxes, fees, levies, tradeable permits, and Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES). • Through these […]
Daily Editorial Analysis for 29th June 2022
GST reform needs a new grand bargain GS Paper 3: Indian Economy and issues relating to Planning, Mobilization of Resources Important for: Prelims exam level: GST and its various components Mains exam Level: GST reforms, Fiscal Federalism The story so far Three years ago, the Centre and the States of the Union of India struck […]
Daily Editorial Analysis for 27th June 2022
Bringing MSMEs into inclusive and sustainable global value chains GS Paper 3: Effects of Liberalization on The Economy, Changes In Industrial Policy and their effects on Industrial Growth Important for: Prelims exam level: MSMEs: Definition, MSME Act Mains exam Level: MSMEs and their role in Indian Economy Context MSMEs are the ones that have faced […]
Daily Editorial Analysis for 25th June 2022
Brick by brick: On the 14th BRICS Summit GS Paper 2: important global organizations Important for: Prelims exam level: BRICS and other global Groupings, NDB Mains exam Level: Possible impacts on India Context: The 14th BRICS Summit, which concluded on June 24, revealed much about the grouping of five emerging nations. Strong convergence of interests […]
Daily Editorial Analysis for 24th June 2022
Preparing soil for the future GS Paper 3: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment. Important for: Prelims level: Soil, Soil Salinization, Fertilizers, Soil health Card scheme Mains Level: Food Security, Soil Conservation • Healthy soils are essential for healthy plant growth, human nutrition, and water filtration. Healthy soil supports a landscape that is […]
Daily Editorial Analysis for 23th June 2022
Nutritional security And TB Context: Two silent epidemics, of tuberculosis (TB) and undernutrition, have been working together and devastating India for decades. Why does this happen? • This is because the mere presence of the bacteria may not itself trigger active TB disease. But other ‘risk factors’ and ‘comorbidities’, among which feature undernutrition, can increase […]
Daily Editorial Analysis for 22th June 2022
Anti-defection law Why in News In light of the events unfolding in Maharashtra, with the government facing internal dissent from a block of 22 MLAs, the anti-defection law has again come into the spotlight. The Law • The anti¬defection law was included in the Constitution as the Tenth Schedule in 1985 to combat the “evil […]
Daily Editorial Analysis for 21th June 2022
Textbook errors Distorted learning outcomes! • The proposal by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) to “rationalise” textbooks of Classes 6 to 12 by removing large and consequential chunks of Indian history is likely to seriously distort learning outcomes for a generation of school children. NCERT’s justificaion • The NCERT has justified […]
Daily Editorial Analysis for 20th June 2022
Monsoon’s increasing unpredictability is cause for concern Excess rainfall after a long dry spell last year along with the hit to wheat yields from the sudden rise in temperatures after mid-March, was the clearest evidence of the challenges posed by climate change: To policymakers, breeders and, of course, farmers. A sputtering start • The southwest […]
Daily Editorial Analysis for 18th June 2022
Vaccine Equity and Intellectual Property (IP) waiver A shot in the arm for the principle of vaccine equity: • The global trade agency’s 12th Ministerial in Geneva went into extra time to arrive at the decision where a proposal to waive patents on Covid-19 vaccines has been approved by the World Trade Organisation (WTO). • […]
Daily Editorial Analysis for 17th June 2022
India and Iran reaffirms resolve to strengthen ties Context Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian’s three-day visit to India, last week, was the first ministerial-level visit from Iran since Ebrahim Raisi assumed the Iranian presidency in August last year. India-Iran relations: • The sanctions imposed by the US on Iran after Tehran withdrew from the nuclear […]
Daily Editorial Analysis for 16th June 2022
Good and bad freebies What constitutes “freebies”? • They constitute a sub-set of goods and services distributed by the government. • What is a “freebie” depends on the nature of the commodity or the services distributed. The two categories of Freebies • Providing support to low-income households for augmenting their consumption of selected goods and […]
Daily Editorial Analysis for 15th June 2022
Malnutrition in India is a worry in a modern scenario Good nutrition has the power to empower the present and future generations. India’s greatest national treasure is its people — especially women and children — but even after 75 years of independence, a majority of them do not get the required diet to meet their […]
Daily Editorial Analysis for 14th June 2022
Tackling the crisis of rising global food prices What is the Food Crisis and its causes? • Global food prices are characterised by year-to-year volatility and periodic sharp spikes. • Steep and severe periodic price shocks can lead to some sort of a crisis at the global and national levels. • The crisis can emerge […]
Daily Editorial Analysis for 13th June 2022
Child Labour Definition of child and child labour • As per the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, amended in 2016 (“CLPR Act”), a “Child” is defined as any person below the age of 14, and the CLPR Act prohibits employment of a Child in any employment including as a domestic help. […]
Daily Editorial Analysis for 10th June 2022
The Indian patent regime The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) said in a report that India was one of the most challenging major economies as far as IP protection and enforcement is concerned. Countries on Watchlist: It has decided to retain India on its Priority Watch List along with six other countries- Argentina, Chile, China, Indonesia, […]
Daily Editorial Analysis for 9th June 2022
Healthcare in India is ailing. Here is how to fix it Context: The lesson emerging most unequivocally from the pandemic experience is that if India does not want a repeat of the immeasurable suffering and the social and economic loss, we need to make public health a central focus. The virus is still around. We […]
Daily Editorial Analysis for 8th June 2022
Bad Bank The story so far: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently announced that the National Asset Reconstruction Company (NARCL) along with the India Debt Resolution Company (IDRCL) will take over the first set of bad loans from banks and try to resolve them. NPA Data & trends: The health of the balance sheets of Indian […]
Daily Editorial Analysis for 7th June 2022
Taking steps to ensure sex workers’ rights Context: Recently, in Budhadev Karmaskar v. State of West Bengal & Ors, while issuing interim directions to States and Union Territories, the Supreme Court re-asserted that sex workers and their children cannot be deprived of their right to live with dignity and human decency. What has the court […]
Daily Editorial Analysis for 4th June 2022
Asset Monetisation Context: • The Union government’s asset monetization plan seems to be facing resistance from government departments and public sector enterprises (PSEs). Key point • According to a news report, PSEs in the oil and gas sector, such as Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, Indian Oil Corporation, and GAIL, may not go ahead with the pipeline […]
Daily Editorial Analysis for 2nd June 2022
A job in hand Context • A study commissioned by the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council has recommended an urban job guarantee scheme on the lines of MGNREGA. While the term ‘jobs guarantee’ may seem a misnomer, an in-principle case for an urban safety net can be easily made more so in the wake of […]
Daily Editorial Analysis for 1st June 2022
Still in the woods Context • The NSO’s latest provisional estimates of India’s GDP growth for Q4 and full-year 2021-22 are largely devoid of negative surprises. GDP growth • The top-line numbers, which peg India’s real GDP growth at 8.7 percent and nominal growth at 19.5 percent for FY22 are unerringly close to the NSO’s […]