ON SUB-CLASSIFICATION AMONG SCs
Focus: GS-II Social Justice Introduction The Supreme Court’s five-judge Bench has affirmed the competence of the States to give preferential treatment to the weakest among the Scheduled Castes without depriving other castes of any benefit. The Court has noted that the SC list contains many castes and cannot be treated as a homogeneous group. It […]
JAPAN AND SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE INITIATIVE
Focus: GS-III Indian Economy Introduction With COVID-19 and trade tensions between China and the United States threatening supply chains or actually causing bottlenecks, Japan has mooted the Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (SCRI) as a trilateral approach to trade, with India and Australia as the other two partners. The initiative is at the strategy stage and […]
WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN GDP DATA?
Focus: GS-III Indian Economy Introduction The National Statistical Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) will come out with the GDP estimates for the first quarter (April, May, June) of 2020. What do we know about the current state of economy? RBI Annual Report The RBI’s annual year is different from […]
UN ON SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Focus: GS-II Social Justice Introduction The United Nations has released its first-ever guidelines on access to social justice for people with disabilities to make it easier for them to access justice systems around the world. The guidelines outline a set of 10 principles and detail the steps for implementation. The 10 principles Principle 1 All […]
1st September – Editorials/Opinions Analyses
Contents Economics behind India’s GDP Growth Contraction How public policy in social media works? ECONOMICS BEHIND INDIA’S GDP GROWTH CONTRACTION Focus: GS-III Indian Economy Introduction The collapse of gross domestic product (GDP) growth by 23.9% for the April to June period comes as an expectation given that the economy was under a strict lockdown for […]
INDIAN RAILWAY SOLARISES MORE THAN 960 STATIONS
Focus: GS-III Environment and Ecology Why in news? Indian Railways has solarised more than 960 stations till August 2020. Details In order to achieve its objective of becoming 100% self-sustainable for all its power needs and also to contribute to national solar power goals – Indian Railways has solarised more than 960 stations and orders […]
CSIR-CMERI DEVELOPS WORLD’S LARGEST SOLAR TREE
Focus: GS-III Environment and Ecology, Science and Technology Why in news? CSIR-CMERI has developed the World’s Largest Solar Tree with the annual capacity to generate 12,000-14,000 units of Clean and Green Power. Details The Solar Tree has been designed in a manner to ensure maximum exposure of each Solar PV Panel to Sunlight and also […]
LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY MAPPING IN UTTARAKHAND
Focus: GS-I Geography, GS-III Disaster Management Introduction Like most hill townships, Mussoorie, the popular hill station in Uttarakhand, has witnessed several landslides, probably resulting from an increased spate of developmental activities. The increased disaster hazard has led scientists to map the landslide susceptibility of Mussoorie and surrounding areas, showing that 15 percent of the region […]
JAPAN’S COMMITS RS 3,500 CRORE FOR HEALTHCARE IN INDIA
Focus: GS-II International Relations Why in news? The Govt. of Japan has committed Official Development Assistance loan of an amount of JPY50 billion (approx. Rs. 3,500 crore) for the COVID-19 Crisis Emergency Response Support. This programme loan aims to support India’s efforts in fighting COVID-19 and to prepare the health system to manage future epidemics […]
NATIONAL PHARMACEUTICALS PRICING AUTHORITY (NPPA)
Focus: GS-III Industry and Infrastructure Why in news? On the foundation day of National Pharmaceuticals Pricing Authority (NPPA) Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers congratulated NPPA for working tirelessly to ensure availability of life-saving drugs at reasonable prices consistently. National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) is a government regulatory agency […]