• The Ministry of Power has proposed to postpone the deadline for coal-fired power plants to adopt the new emission standards, stating that an “an unworkable time schedule” will burden utilities and cause a rise in power tariffs. India initially…
• Public stock holding (PSH) programmes are used to purchase, stockpile and distribute food to people in need. About: • While food security is a legitimate policy objective, some PSH programmes are considered to distort trade when they involve purchases…
• NHAI is authorised to monetise public-funded national highway projects, which are operational and are collecting toll for at least one year after commercial operation, through the TOT model on a case-to-case basis. • Asset Monetization involves creation of new…
• Trade Policy Review involves a comprehensive peer-review of the Member’s national trade policies to facilitate the smooth functioning of the multilateral trading system by enhancing the transparency of Members’ trade policies. • India’s last TPR took place in 2015.…
• MS Swaminathan, chairperson of National Commission on Farmers formed in 2004, has stressed that MSPs should include the broadest measure of a cultivation costs including rental value of land. • He suggested that instead of spending on loan waivers,…
• According to USTR, India’s DST (Digital Service Tax, referred as EL in India) is discriminatory and restricts US commerce, and thus, is actionable under Section 301 (of Trade Act, 1974). • Section 301 allows US to unilaterally impose tariffs…
Mains Paper 2: International Relations Prelims level: India-Sri Lankas relations Mains level: India and its neighbourhood relations Context: • Indian External Affairs Minister visited to Sri Lanka for three days. It is important for what was achieved in political and…
Mains Paper 1: Society Prelims level: International Wages for Housework Campaign Mains level: Role of women and associated issues and Social empowerment CONTEXT: • Recently, the Supreme Court has ruled that household work is no mean feat and fixing notional…
Mains Paper 2: Social Justice Prelims level: NFHS-5 Mains level: Hunger and Malnutrition CONTEXT: • First phase of the NFHS-5 survey was published which shows deteriorating nutrition, dietary deficiency and anaemia indicators, especially among children. • Adolescent malnutrition (our future…
Mains Paper 3: Economy Prelims level: Human Development Index Mains level: Economic growth development and Mobilisation of resources CONTEXT: • Inequalities in India have been increasing over time. COVID-19 has further widened them. • More attention will be given to…
Mains Paper 2: Governance Prelims level: Central Vista Project Mains level: Separation of powers between various organs dispute redressal mechanisms and institutions Context: • The Supreme Court of India has cleared the decks for the intensely contested new Parliament and…
Mains Paper 1: Society Prelims level: National Database on Sexual Offenders Mains level: Role of women and women’s organization, Social empowerment. Context: • Violence against women’s Unnao, Hathras and now Badaun continues as news of another horrific alleged rape and…
