Editorials/Opinions Analysis For UPSC 17 December 2022
Contents
- Digital Public Infrastructure
- Wage imbalances, harsh realities, and required actions
Digital Public Infrastructure
Context
While highlighting the lack of digital payment systems in 133 countries worldwide, the article highlights India’s critical role as the G20 Presidency in developing digital platforms and e-governance services to digitally transform the world.
Relevance
GS Paper 3: Science & technology, Infrastructure
Mains Questions
How difficult will it be to put the Digital India plan into action? As such, how do we triumph over the same? (150 words).
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Wage Imbalances, Harsh Realities, and Required Actions
Context
- India plays an important role in the global economic growth and structural transformation story. However, asymmetries continue to abound (exist in large numbers) in the country’s labour market.
- A commensurate improvement in its labour market outcomes, as well as a more equitable distribution of the fruits of economic progress, will spur further economic growth and the benefits that it brings.
Relevance
GS Paper 1: Role of women and women’s organization, population and associated issues, poverty and developmental issues.
GS Paper 2: Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the society, institutions and laws for the protection and betterment of vulnerable sections etc
Mains Question
Closing the gender pay gap is critical to achieving social justice as well as national economic growth. Discuss. (250 Words)
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